One of the key points in the article is that the OP had lots of experience with Bay area startups. This could be part of their culture. If you use agile you c

One of the key points in the article is that the OP had lots of experience with Bay area startups. This could be part of their culture. If you use agile you can achieve a code velocity a touch higher than standard, and if you really want to push the limits you can. I agree, however, that good design takes time. I was at a conference in Sweden last year, and the conference App was a bit problematic. The poor dev team was chained to their keyboards right in the middle of the breakout area trying to fix it in real time. I felt like saying, "Guys, it failed, go enjoy the conference." My experience lately in "normal" shops (non startup) is that the skills sets are just plain missing. It's hard to find anyone that can code at all, let alone code fast. Good post. Thanks for this.