Comment Re:the insane growth incentive (Score 1) 135
I wholeheartedly agree.
I've worked for a few tech companies before they went public - while they were awesome to work for - and each time the Street took over it was literally the worst thing for the rank and file. Before, we were able to pick our clients, pick our peers, etc., and felt like we had some say in the way things got done. The moment they went public, all of that went poof - and the companies went downhill, fast. Not necessarily in the amount of money they made - but they burned out their good people and we all left. Each time, leaving behind a dead, souless giant beholden to the death grip of the Street.
They all eventually die, and small companies form around the little customers the monster giants forgot while they went after the huge whales. It's a never ending cycle it seems...