The research makes you more able to make an accurate decision. It helps improve your outcome.

I don’t think being qualified is important here. I think the important piece is to make a good decision to join a firm, or leave a firm.

There’s no perfect information, but every potential employee has the ability to improve their chances by researching important decisions like this.

I think a good litmus test is if I can’t answer “how do they make money” or “how will they make money” or “how do they create value,” then I don’t want to work for them.