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But was there anything in particular wrong? Was there anything Dropbox should have done differently to keep her?

I realize that some places are wrong for some people, in ways that can't be fixed. I'm just curious whether it's possible to articulate how Dropbox was wrong for the author.

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I'm curious about this too. Did she have conflicts with coworkers? Bad management? Did her projects feel like chores?

Often if you're in an unhappy situation you can speak up and articulate what's wrong and others will adapt.

I suppose if you're young and single you can afford to be impulsive. A pattern of doing that repeatedly can't look too good..

She was there for _years_, quitting a job is not impulsive and we are not salarymen.

You rarely get massive changes by talking to management (small changes, sure) and if you really hate your job, small changes are rarely enough.

She mentioned that Dropbox grew 4x. So, while she didn't (and, I think, wisely) say the exact reason she wanted to leave, a lot of people just prefer working at smaller companies.

I can attest to this. My (soon to be former) company has grown so much, it just feels totally different. I don't know anybody anymore :(

I imagine she's still trying to sort those things out, and we may hear more about them later on. It sounds like the dust is just starting to settle and she's trying to make sense of the whole experience.

X, Y, and Z were wrong! It really would be nice to get at least an abstract sense of what those problems were.

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