I Forget
Hey tech folks. Real talk. What companies do you know that seem to mostly avoid sacrificing long-term quality for a fast bottom line?
I'm talking about this tendency people have been noting for decades now, where companies rush for a big feature announcement and build something that barely holds together, and when it doesn't make enough money they rinse and repeat.
Who do you know that doesn't do that, or that does it less?
Please boost; I'd really love to hear broad responses.
Sam Whited
@epilanthanomai @dixon oh dang, I have worked at Cloudflare, they are possibly one of the *worst* companies about this. I have watched them put a junior dev on a new security critical product and had product managers tell me to not worry about protecting customers or how the product will affect them, just get shit done fast. Do not recommend. This was the start of me leaving tech.
I Forget
@dixon I've never worked at CF specifically, but when I was in infosec 2001-2014 the industry was hit or miss on it. Earlier the tendency to rush was present, but either it wasn't as strong yet or else I wasn't as attuned to it yet.
The part of IBM I was in (ISS/X-Force, 2006-9 and 12-14) honestly was pretty okay on this particular point. And when I took a step away from corporate and worked at Emory University Libraries 2006-9 it felt pretty balanced. I wonder if any of those are still things.
Chris Dixon
@epilanthanomai I don't think this exists, but I'm interested to hear the responses. It seems antithetical to any company chasing a good quarterly earnings report. If anywhere I would expect to see it from infrastructure/security companies like CloudFlare
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