Glitters but not gold
Glitters but not gold
- Free food and drinks
- Mostly nice people
- Pays well
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Some very racist and egocentric people in the leadership team and on the floors.
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Technical decision-making is abrupt and chases low-hanging fruit, reflecting lethargy being instilled by a casual startup culture. There is massive technical debt that they are avoiding. It seems the right culture fit aspect is working against the company.
Weed out the incompetent elements and have a solid core academic team.
Premature scaling has killed many good companies. You will become another case study if you don’t find your market first.
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