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by dj_doh 3673 days ago
Yes, it's the employees.

Have you ever noticed that working on an ultra-cool product that goes bust won't cut you any slack. You get more credits for minor contributions to known brands than massive contributions to busted products.

Your skills are tied to your product's PR (apparently).

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I know someone who worked on healthcare.gov (the initial one). Couldn't get an interview anywhere until he stopped listing it.
Well I mean the site the was fundamentally unusable. It's not surprising that advertising his role (whether related to the myriad problems it had or not) didn't help his career much.