Start ups that successfully started up a while ago are no longer startups. And working at a successfully started company isn't like working at a startup. Brilliant! The author must not have heard about all the other companies in the valley, probably because they are, after all, start ups.
I'm thinking of opening a charity to take journalists on field trips. Not necessarily very far, just out of their cubicles so that their articles might have some point of reference to the real world.
I love the implicit assumption that someone working on one of these companies projects actually works for the company, and not a third party.
The conceit of the article falls apart when you realize it's not up to Google, but the 3rd party to fulfill the 'expectations' of working at a modern software company.
And how 3rd party companies like Milestone or Vaco keep these contracts is beyond me. Maybe it's intentional wack-a-3rd-party, so the adjunct worker can't feel permanent?
I'm thinking of opening a charity to take journalists on field trips. Not necessarily very far, just out of their cubicles so that their articles might have some point of reference to the real world.