[eddieroger]

I used to think that, too, but be warned: SaaS companies quickly become beholden to the sales org, and all of a sudden, working for a "tech" company becomes working for all the industries you serve. Very few tech companies are pure tech anymore. Basically only the private ones like Valve.

[ethbr0]

The meeting:work ratio is a decent proxy.

If it's too high, you're not in a technology company in the sense we're idolizing here.

... And I'm also not sure "that" sort of tech company can exist above a certain size. No corporate silo firewall is strong enough to keep the business bullshit at bay.

[paulryanrogers]

Considering Valve's game output I'd say they too have become drunk on easy money being a storefront. (Which isn't all bad, though I'd rather have HL3.)

[ionwake]

HL3 = IRL