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by oumua_don17 1415 days ago
>> soon as the future seems probable

The next target then is acquisition or an IPO which is then followed up by quarterly earnings. It’s always survival first unfortunately

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Yes, I agree survival is the bottom layer on the Corporate maslow's but what I'm pointing out is that a pure focus on survival in the ways that are common in tech companies these days (largely informed by cargo culting SV startups) actually will negate the possibility of future survival. Customer churn is more expensive than doing a feature well, no velocity on roadmap is death but also rapidly inevitable if pains aren't taken to ensure the code is "good code"