[aristofun]

> It seems like this would also select the kind of engineers who aren’t willing to say “no, that’s a dumb approach, we shouldn’t do that, here’s an alternative”?

This is exactly the reason why any big enough company is eventually going to s*hit

And why founding team doesn’t stay long in a successful startup.

[nicoburns]

> And why founding team doesn’t stay long in a successful startup.

Doesn't the founding team get to determine the hiring practices?

[aristofun]

It's not that they have much choice once company grow in complexity beyond something that a small group of people can possibly handle.

[Kon-Peki]

There's only 24 hours in a day.

[nicoburns]

Well sure, but one would expect the founding team to do the early interviews, and then setup the process that's followed by later hires, no? Also, I would have thought that hiring would pretty much top priority. The employees make or break a company.

[aristofun]

Business processes and traditions are not a source code. It always changes and evolves with people and millions other factors.

One of the factors — it’s too risky for a big company not to hire based on obedience.