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Have been working for around 6 years now , mostly with early stage startups (seed to series C)
I have observed  rampant favouritism ,sycophancy and politics at play 

Is there any way to avoid it ?

Even in early stage companies , once the number of employees reach the higher side these things start to happen  1/n

Software engineer | history buff | 3x startup early employee

In the beginning of 2022 I came to know that majority of web3 startups have good culture and they respect builders but thanks to this godforsaken funding winter 


Rant over.

What is the way out ?
At this point one thing is sure that people won’t stop doing this 

I just want to make good products and solve problems , why do people have to add sycophancy and politics into this ?


And no changing jobs is not the way
Have done that already 2/n

Build the company as a family. Vet every entry and make sure they are a best fit; avoid people with attitude/personality problems (easy to say, hard in practice because these attributes are hidden by the individual but you can catch them by asking certain questions that shows who they are).