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Leaving one of the most successful startups in history isn’t easy.

Interesting sentence. Isn't it a bit early to say that MongoDB is "successful"?

Overstating their success and awesomeness is just MongoDB's normal mantra. You get used to it.

Can these kind of comments stop? Please?

This has been trumpeted pretty much constantly on HN, and even if it's true, does it matter? Is anyone seriously evaluating their database on the basis of marketing copy? I suppose if you do, you can't be surprised if you have a bad time.

While an old trope, MongoDB's awesomeness drove a lot of attention to it. To some degree this led to management picking it for awesomeness value (yes, even in stogie enterprises like Insurance or Government Fraud). I think many on HN are partially riding a MEME and partially reacting viscerally to a technically mediocre product getting as far as it had (this is HN after all).

They're valued at 1.6 billon. Pretty successful if you ask me.

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/01/14/big-data-startup-mong...

If they are not publicly traded, this value is meaningless.

They just need to find a greater fool.

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