that's true as well, I wasn't aiming at a blanked statement covering every case, just adding one more thing to consider: the risk of hiring a passive engineer t

that's true as well, I wasn't aiming at a blanked statement covering every case, just adding one more thing to consider: the risk of hiring a passive engineer that goes task by task should be lower when poaching from highly demanding employer. acquihires are indeed risky, you have to factor in both the culture change and the sudden shift in middle management directives, but onboarding an apple engineer isn't the same as purchasing a whole company.