Too much hype, too little real value
Too much hype, too little real value
Many smart people, very challenging problems, good perks, excellent benefits, very good free food, good cash bonuses, and engineering ladder promotions for personal achievements.
Too many good management places taken by old per-2003 guys. There's no way to move over them even if you are extraordinary. There's little personal freedom to work on your own idea (it was the other way around 4 years ago). There's too much protocol.
Give more freedom to people. Listen to engineers. People who are below are not stupid. You made too many mistakes because you did not listen to your people.
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