> I'm talking about mid-sized companies with thousands of engineers
Can you name such mid-sized companies with thousands of engineers? If you hit thousands of engineers headcount, you are not a mid-sized anymore.
Theoretically, Google does 100 things right, pays for those 100 things, but also Google has tons of cash, if Google didn't release product in Q1, no worries, they will release in Q3.
Now consider startup with 50 engineers, if you didn't release feature in Q1, you might need to stop the project, because customer with whom you signed the contract just goes away and you will be laying off 5 people
Can you name such mid-sized companies with thousands of engineers? If you hit thousands of engineers headcount, you are not a mid-sized anymore.
Theoretically, Google does 100 things right, pays for those 100 things, but also Google has tons of cash, if Google didn't release product in Q1, no worries, they will release in Q3.
Now consider startup with 50 engineers, if you didn't release feature in Q1, you might need to stop the project, because customer with whom you signed the contract just goes away and you will be laying off 5 people