[stevedewald]

He thinks 7% of the engineering team works there because of him? I wonder how important he thinks compensation, work satisfaction, and the rest of the team is to engineers’ decisions to work there.

This guy strikes me as pretty egotistical.

[lolinder]

Speaking for myself, his blog is responsible for everything I know about fintech, and he makes it sound really interesting. It would not be at all surprising to me if 7% of Stripe's engineers only decided fintech might be worth pursuing after reading his blog.

[ericd]

Having briefly worked with him, he struck me as very much the opposite. And based on how well known and respected he is among engineers, I could believe what he's saying here.