[zmj]

My feeling when I found this blog was "so I'm NOT the only one!". It's the painful truth about staff+ engineering that I've also experienced, but haven't felt safe to talk about.

You're not wrong that there's something cynical or nihilistic about it. The core thesis is "do what the company wants, even if it's not what they should want". That idea may be unpalatable, but getting ground up in the corporate gears is worse.

[jeltz]

Having tried both I would rather be ground up again than just accepting my fate. I rather die fighting than the alternative.

[lalitmaganti]

My personal feeling is that there's a way to both agree with the underlying issues Sean writes about while being more optimistic and providing better alternatives. Something I feel I should start writing about more.