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I wonder how much of that is posturing (less charitably, lying to outsiders) and how much is the organization effectively lying to itself. Both are indictment
by tikhonj 7mo ago
I wonder how much of that is posturing (less charitably, lying to outsiders) and how much is the organization effectively lying to itself.
Both are indictment of today's ambient startup culture, and I'm not sure which is ultimately worse.
- nickvec 7mo agoBased on DeepDelve's recent follow-up article, I would assume the former. https://deepdelver.substack.com/p/delve-fake-compliance-as-a-service-98a https://deepdelver.substack.com/p/delve-fake-compliance-as-a...
- redanddead 7mo agothis is nuts
- bavell 6mo agoWow that's bad. Unsure if this is an outlier or typical for YC companies.
- unknownx113 6mo agosadly this behaviour has become largely encouraged by YC
- nikanj 7mo agoEvery layer of the organization tells a more rosy version of the truth up the chain of command. The programmer might tell the PM that they're running Apache software with the serials filed off, but by the time that filters up the chain to the CEO / Board, the product is "fully proprietary and 100% built in-house"