Re:Ask HN: Inherited the worst code and tech team I have eve...
by mgkimsal on Sunday September 18, 2022 @12:48PM
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> But you just told me they built a $20M revenue product with 3 bozos. That sounds unbelievably productive.
This doesn't indicate how profitability, and seems to ignore that management/owners might have had something to do with it. A well-connected industry player is better poised to start/found/build/grow a company to that level than someone with 0 experience.
And... yes... quitting to something which matches the OPs expectations will likely be better all around than trying to 'fix' something people aren't asking to be fixed (it seems).
This doesn't indicate how profitability, and seems to ignore that management/owners might have had something to do with it. A well-connected industry player is better poised to start/found/build/grow a company to that level than someone with 0 experience.
And... yes... quitting to something which matches the OPs expectations will likely be better all around than trying to 'fix' something people aren't asking to be fixed (it seems).