* fear of writing original ideas, both natural language and code - agree
* the inability to measure things - who said this is something that is necessary at all stages? sometimes you just need it done. when you have 1000 people teams selling to enterprises, sure. If it is you and your buddies, no need to measure, necessarily.
* preference towards bias - Why? If it works, a good engineer won't go to the newest tech/framework. They will stay with their biased favorite.
* cognitive conservatism - Disagree. See previous comment
* inability to form assertion criteria - Not exactly sure what you mean, but if you mean to reason about code and state at various points, then I agree
> Maintaining Culture: As the team grows, it's vital to preserve the company culture and ensure new hires align with core values.
I honestly disagree. You should allow the culture to evolve, but make sure it doesnt evolve in a direction that is different than where your values are now.
As an analogy, if you have a child who is 3, their culture is "energy", "constant learning", and "being cute". When they are 13, they should evolve beyond #3. And, they probably should add "be social/fit in", and "do good work (on homework etc)"
If you try to keep the 13 year old on the "being cute" value, you'll miss out on a lot
Meeting in person >1 hour away is difficult for people in many life circumstances. And if there are constant meetings, it either strains families or makes the person who can't make it feel left out
Totally disagree. For introverts, "everything public in slack" means that I would rather not say something than have 50 people see my thoughts/rants/silly questions in public
Thanks. I appreciate the encouragement. It was definitely pretty slow at the end of the year.
It isn't about getting responses though. That is generally fine, from what I can tell.
It is more that I feel like every company wants to talk, and they want to test you, but really are not interested in hiring even if you seem like a good candidate.
E.g. they want to wait for other candidates, are slow in scheduling, have tons of required interviews where they ask similar things