On: Woodworking as an escape from the absurdity of software

[xenocratus]

Isn't it possible to just go looking for another fast-growing small company when your current employer reaches that stage?

[lucianbr → xenocratus]

I just think that they wrote "fast-growing" as a positive attribute, when the logic of the comment would make it a negative attribute.

Of course you can go looking again. But why not look for a slow-growing or not-growing small company, so you don't need to go looking so often?

[sukruh → lucianbr]

Yes, fast-growing companies can grow out of my preference zone and as other commenters said, jumping ship when that happens may be the correct way to go.

There are other issues with slow-growing or not-growing companies. When the company is not growing, people are incentivized to take a zero-sum approach to their work relationships. If the pie is not growing, you need to guard your own slice and take from others. This creates a toxic environment. If the company is growing, then collaborating on growing the pie can become the shared attitude.

[lucianbr → sukruh]

Oh, I think people take a zero-sum approach in growing companies as well. Maybe even more so.

https://spakhm.substack.com/p/how-to-get-promoted

[sokoloff → lucianbr]

Slow growth and no growth companies tend to be under a lot of pressure for cost-optimization (which makes sense in a lot of ways, but is grueling to live through…)