Many things have come out describing it as toxic culture on hackernews. New employees last less than a year.
I know I don’t, having worked at places where I barely recognized the company from the ridiculous things people said about it on the internet.
Or maybe I’m the problem, wherever I go.
Isn’t this ideal? Find out if it’s for you quickly? And if it’s not move on to something that you actually will like doing?
If you knew you were going to stay there 9 years and make a tractor trailer load of money and love the culture you’d take the offer.
If you’re not sure which is more likely and you really like the maximum upside then you should take the offer and get out in 9 months if it’s not for you.
And yes, if I knew that the average new hire at Netflix lasted 9 months, I’d still probably take it. I think I’m much better than average and I’d want to test myself at a place that is challenging to work at. If I’m good enough to get a Netflix offer I can probably get another offer in the future.
The average person should do what the average person wants but the upside of a long career at Netflix seems pretty darn high and might make an average person an above average person.