[danjoc]

Here's his point (I think):

"The founder and I made the most classic of mistakes: putting up with someone because we were afraid to lose their ability. I’ve since come to learn over and over again, it’s almost never worth it."

Perhaps just me, but I don't like this style of writing. It takes pages of reading to arrive at a fairly simple point.

Authors, please make your point first. Elaborate all you like with long winded stories afterwards.

[pdxandi]

The point of the story is to illustrate how they arrived at the conclusion. I personally don't believe the point always needs to be made at the beginning to hook the reader. Sometimes that works, but, in this case, the title of the post got me interested enough.

[dozzie]

I think this is not the most important point. The most important is this:

> [...] you are actually holding back everyone else at the expense of this person.

[blacktulip]

I am annoyed too - though I already vaguely figured it out in the 'semi-pro basketball player joined us' part