- Genuinely compassionate leadership that actually cares about their employees. Management's ability to understand what's going on, though, is increasingly limited. - Friendly work culture in most groups. Not uncommon to get bug reports with the code fix already pointed out. - The WFH culture is strong, but the work-life-balance is starting to erode in many groups.
- So many cooks in every kitchen. Things on one project can be at odds with other projects, and there's no management reconciliation or self-awareness. Product versus TPM versus engineering, and the battles are on full display. - Starting to attract middle-management in droves that seem more and more out of touch with the actual work going on.
I am still scratching my head due to MongoDB earnings call a few days ago. They predicted their next year's growth to be at 13.8%, slowing down from the current 31% annual growth rate! Mind = Blown! This means MongoDB growth is tapering, and the current multiple of 16x of annual revenue is way ove...Read more