There's lots to elaborate. Tl;dr is toxic siloed teams, bad management, and even worse management above those managers. Plus, since the Amazon acquisition, Twitch has been bleeding talent.
I left Twitch in 2017 and all of these things were true then as well. I worked with quite a few smart people and the perks and comp were great, but damn so much toxic crap going on, and seriously poor management.
I'm glad you got to spend some time with those smart folks... I really craved that while I was there. They had an all star team for quite a while, I got the tail end of it.
Is there any obvious reason for toxicity at Twitch? Is it at all related to the type of work being done and its relationship to video game culture? Or does it stem from some business perspective of the management instead?
Streaming in GENERAL seems to be a very toxic world, especially considering what happens when they realize they're basically all competing for the "same slice of the pie" and I suspect that heavily influences working on the actual platform.
That is understandable, but does it make sense for the product of a company to negatively impact the company itself? Perhaps being forced to deal with their customer base rubs off on them.
Would you mind sharing some non specific examples of toxicity. I’ve been thinking about this of late. Every job has crap but some good parts. I think different orgs have varying kinds/levels of toxicity.
I got hired to do C++ work, JD an all interviews outlined this clearly. Had about a month of C++ work and then was quickly forced to start doing React work. My background and skill set is in embedded C programming.