What I get from these really great presentations presentations/posts/slidehows that Zach creates is that obviously GitHub is an interesting place right now, and

What I get from these really great presentations presentations/posts/slidehows that Zach creates is that obviously GitHub is an interesting place right now, and Zach has got some really good insight but I can't help feeling that Zach really needs to get some experience with working at few more companies for some of the points he makes. Companies that succeed in different ways, companies that get bought out, companies that fail. From the outside GitHub is in a really interesting space in that they can dog-food their own product very successfully, they have a huge market and intellectual share, and he writes as if this is the way that all companies could operate - but they simply can't. For instances some companies have to play safe with what they say and do because they are in regulated industries, some just operate by people that have other values or outlets for their own time. I personally think it's fine if a company that I use has given up blogging or whatever to spend more time on creating a great product, or doing that while enjoying friends and family. I will leave/stop buying when the company no longer creates value for me, not when they stop talking at events or the original founders cash out because some people are born to create new interesting companies but are not suited to the 100+ person growth. Zach if you are reading this, keep up the good work, but damn your writing is going to be interesting in 10 years time with a few more companies under your belt.