The team - myself included - works normal eight hour days and there is no "crunch time" (other than very rarely when we have external dependencies like when we launched our Spotify integration).
As an engineer we all want to have agency and be able to make impactful decision on the products we work on. Over-hiring too quickly is often what can lead to organizational bloat and can make things get built slower.
Instead, I think it's better to grow slowly, hire great people, and only hire when it's needed. I've found that as a company, staying small has made us always ask ourselves to make tradeoffs and constantly be thinking about what are the most important and impactful things we can be working on.
The team - myself included - works normal eight hour days and there is no "crunch time" (other than very rarely when we have external dependencies like when we launched our Spotify integration).
As an engineer we all want to have agency and be able to make impactful decision on the products we work on. Over-hiring too quickly is often what can lead to organizational bloat and can make things get built slower.
Instead, I think it's better to grow slowly, hire great people, and only hire when it's needed. I've found that as a company, staying small has made us always ask ourselves to make tradeoffs and constantly be thinking about what are the most important and impactful things we can be working on.