It's kind of you to say that, and people at Stripe certainly try very hard, but there's plenty that's broken or that we're trying to figure out at scale... I don't think those claims are true.
Hi pc, former employee here, from back in the day where meetings could be held in Alabama.
It's not that Stripe doesn't have broken things: I could have made a big list from back when I worked there, and I bet the list is still large. However, you are just underestimating how broken other companies are. I've worked at 10+ companies, some far bigger, and some far smaller than Stripe, and even the smallest ones had a higher percentage of broken things, and the brokenness is often in far more vital places. It's never going to happen, but you'd learn so much from joining me as a professional tourist, and going incognito as a random dev in another big company for 6 months.
But you are showing classic Stripe culture here: I remember a place where everyone was embarrassed about how bad they think their latest shipped email was, and how they have so much to do, while their typical coworkers is instead in awe of how good said shipped email was.
Pretty cool to see a CEO of a famous company here at HN. Especially a humble one with a learning mindset.
I think back in the day I heard you mention that you are a big history buff. I do have a history question for you.
Do you know of any existing public company who were able to fix their problems at scale that did not have to change their flagship product? It seems like new product line were a forcing function to fix broken things at scale. It's as if those who kept their flagship product who had scalability problems had to either use duct tape fixes or make really painful choices.
Blind reviews seem to corroborate this. Not the best feedback, but mostly good. I'd recommend going through this anonymous feedback from verified Stripe employees for tips on where to improve.
hibikir|3 years ago
It's not that Stripe doesn't have broken things: I could have made a big list from back when I worked there, and I bet the list is still large. However, you are just underestimating how broken other companies are. I've worked at 10+ companies, some far bigger, and some far smaller than Stripe, and even the smallest ones had a higher percentage of broken things, and the brokenness is often in far more vital places. It's never going to happen, but you'd learn so much from joining me as a professional tourist, and going incognito as a random dev in another big company for 6 months.
But you are showing classic Stripe culture here: I remember a place where everyone was embarrassed about how bad they think their latest shipped email was, and how they have so much to do, while their typical coworkers is instead in awe of how good said shipped email was.
pc|3 years ago
de-asis-kevin|3 years ago
Pretty cool to see a CEO of a famous company here at HN. Especially a humble one with a learning mindset.
I think back in the day I heard you mention that you are a big history buff. I do have a history question for you.
Do you know of any existing public company who were able to fix their problems at scale that did not have to change their flagship product? It seems like new product line were a forcing function to fix broken things at scale. It's as if those who kept their flagship product who had scalability problems had to either use duct tape fixes or make really painful choices.
reducesuffering|3 years ago
https://www.teamblind.com/company/Stripe/reviews
skillpass|3 years ago