Shifting priorities and a total lack of transparency
Shifting priorities and a total lack of transparency
You might meet a handful of highly intelligent people during their brief stint at the company, before they move on to someplace better.
Frequent re-organizations, changing priorities, total lack of transparency. Engineers are treated more like tools than anything.
It's great to have a big vision, but what's more important is that you execute on it properly. If you don't involve engineers who understand the platform and the day-to-day when building roadmaps, you'll end up having to revamp the platform every few years.
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