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Upper management works just as hard as anyone else. There is a lot of excitement and energy that drives you every day. The transparency is unprecedented. The semi-yearly performance reviews ensure top talent rises. Every engineering team is brilliant and fascinating in its own right. There's so much impact to make on a daily basis, and you are challenged to take risks and make a difference. And you will be rewarded for it.

There should be more of a focus on education and training, especially for new hires. Not everyone is going to realistically be self-driven enough to accelerate their learning and start contributing right away. But investing in training will benefit new hires and the engineering organization as a whole.

We need to get more aggressive with our recruiting. There are incredible positions to fill, and we should find ways to make ourselves more appealing to top candidates.

Offer higher referral bounties for certain positions. Offer signing bonuses or incentives to interview with us.

Once we get candidates in the door and informed about our technology and potential, it's really difficult to turn us down.