Playing Catch Up - Software Engineer DigitalOcean Employee Review

Thanks as always for the feedback. I agree that we have some really smart people here and that we are working on some challenging problems on a scale unmatched by few other organizations. It's one of the main reasons why talented people choose to join us. On the feedback regarding our Engineering leadership, there's of course not a lot I can say. I will share that some of what you say is just factually incorrect-- only one early leader was here for less than a year as point of record -- but to address the larger context, as many rocket-ship companies scale it's not uncommon for the needs of leaders and the needs of an organization to diverge over time. And it's healthy for both parties to recognize that in a transparent and positive way. More specifically, while we would never, ever talk about why any individual left, to even remotely suggest that leaders of that caliber left for anything close to incompetence is unkind, unfair, and untrue. I don't know what to do with an anonymous comment around "bad talent" without being able to evaluate the source and context. I think a more helpful approach -- which I'd absolutely encourage you to do -- is share your concerns directly with your manager or with me or someone else on the People team so we can help address them. We have a pretty high bar for performance at DO and if you feel something is blocking you from being successful please come to us directly and candidly so we can help.