[indymike]

> All of them are coming for our SaaS margins, and as an industry we are woefully unprepared.

My company just switched from slug slow product management driven tech to startup footing. Everything is up for grabs everywhere. And it's always like this in tech when there's a sea change.

> We also struggle to attract this kind of talent. People who fit that profile go to FAANG or the labs.

Hires aren't the problem, culture is. I can take the same new dev that a FAANG hires and turn them into a slug with the development process I see at most b2b saas companies. The flipside is true too: you can take an average dev and set them free and amazing things happen.

Most B2B SaaS companies have three people managing tickets for every developer, executives don't understand bugs are the byproduct of progress (and will be fixed quickly), have name brand enterprise agile-fall style processes, have six months of sprints preplanned, are fixated on UI testing, and do releases like they are publishing CD ROMS. This kind of culture is literally repugnant to innovators, problem solvers, people doing things a new way, and people who value doing things well (because fighting everyone to change for better sucks).

[AnimalMuppet]

> Most B2B SaaS companies have three people managing tickets for every developer...

Shoot me now.