> My company right now is about 15 people, 5 of which are engineering (including myself)
The problem with posting any comment on here, is I have to always preface everything with "Generally speaking" I assume it's implied, but yes - you will always have cases where something isn't true. Tiny companies is one for sure, but tiny companies with 5 engineers, well collaboration isn't as much of an issue.
Most of us work at bigger companies than that (I would argue even on HN). I too have lived in the world where I was DBA, front end designer, API designer, infrastructure, and even contract negotiation, and that's a whole other ball of wax. It's also not what the original post is really talking about in my opinion. Companies like yours are not the ones trying to do in office work remotely, and those are the types of companies I am talking about.
On a side note your job sounds either fun or stressful as hell to me. I can't decide. I hope you're enjoying it and being paid well :)
It's my first startup, but so good so far. I chose one that was older (8+ years) and had a fun stack (Clojure). Doesn't pay as well as FAANG but I get some cool lottery tickets (RSU) out of it.
The problem with posting any comment on here, is I have to always preface everything with "Generally speaking" I assume it's implied, but yes - you will always have cases where something isn't true. Tiny companies is one for sure, but tiny companies with 5 engineers, well collaboration isn't as much of an issue.
Most of us work at bigger companies than that (I would argue even on HN). I too have lived in the world where I was DBA, front end designer, API designer, infrastructure, and even contract negotiation, and that's a whole other ball of wax. It's also not what the original post is really talking about in my opinion. Companies like yours are not the ones trying to do in office work remotely, and those are the types of companies I am talking about.
On a side note your job sounds either fun or stressful as hell to me. I can't decide. I hope you're enjoying it and being paid well :)