Friendships matter. Skill does not
Friendships matter. Skill does not
I can work on whatever I want, and nobody would question me. I just built an app that has nothing to do with anything we do here. I love the freedom. The new office is large and nice, and if I have friends meet me here, it is respectable.
There is a lot of favoritism here. They are faking numbers. The product is losing track in the last 8 months. We build something and throw it away right after building it, then repeat it again. If you ask why, you get the answer: "We are a startup, so we have to fail. That's what we are good at, failing." That's what I and many other engineers are doing: side projects.
If you hire smart people, they can tell the difference between real progress and complete lies. If the CEO lies in front of the company, it's obvious. If the CEO's favorite projects fail, then someone should be accountable, not just in a company speech. Don't treat engineers differently, like some are only here to do code reviews and infra maintenance, and others are only for doing proper features. Otherwise, all of us have great ideas for side projects. :)
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