I admire GitHub's organization and structure more than most, but we can't pretend they're a run of the mill business. The bar to get hired as an engineer, for

I admire GitHub's organization and structure more than most, but we can't pretend they're a run of the mill business. The bar to get hired as an engineer, for instance, is not trivial. Once you have the ability to cherry pick your hires, you can also better select for fit (in this case, capacity to be self-driven on a mostly-remote team). Also on a purely product-related note, their UX has always (personally) felt lacking.