Honestly, I’m really disappointed by what’s been happening at Digital Surgery.
It’s hard to watch good people, especially good engineers, leave one after another over the past year. These are people who worked hard, cared about what they were building, and actually wanted the company to succeed.
At the same time, it feels like the people who make the most noise, talk the most sh-t, and play the politics game are the ones getting rewarded and promoted.
That’s incredibly frustrating.
No one should have to shout the loudest, put other people down, or play games just to be recognised. Good work should matter. Being decent to your colleagues should matter. Being professional should matter.
And when people are being gaslighted or treated unprofessionally, eventually they stop fighting it and they leave.
That’s the part that really hurts. Watching talented people walk away while the behaviour that pushed them out seems to continue.
There is something seriously wrong when losing good engineers becomes normal and nobody seems to stop and ask why.