On: Which Way Do You Run?

[swsieber]

He chose not to think about the decision by just rolling with it. Alternatives, off the top of my head:

* Fire people?

* Do a cost-benefit analysis - could they sustain a new space? Or would they have to move everyone to somewhere cheaper?

* Would shifting some people to work remotely work?

Delegating getting more office space was running away from fear because it was the option that required the least thinking about his fear.

[beat → swsieber]

Loudcloud was at the peak of the dot-com boom, late '90s to early '00s. Working remotely wasn't really an option then.