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Sure, the transition isn't happening rapidly, but the agism you see in engineering now, isn't going to last long. You aren't a better engineer when you're younger, so by default the more experts in the field that are older will naturally cause a power shift from 20 somethings to 30 somethings.

Good point, it's why it's such a difficult situation to be in. You really do have to block out everyone EXCEPT the customer that's actually using your product.

I don't have any data to back up this theory, but I believe that the trend towards less recreational benefits is due to an aging engineering talent pool. But until we make this jump as an industry we'll continue to see ping pong tables and ddr machines.

It won't happen quickly but I believe that the median age of engineers will dramatically increase in the next decade. We won't be looking for ping pong tables, we'll be looking for day cares.

Google has done an amazing job of mixing really shitty practices like this with really amazing things like the self driving car and glass.

As long as they continue to diversify and innovate they will have supporters... even if they often break their "don't be evil" motto.

I feel like this is a point that is often lost. It's why being an entrepreneur is such a huge risk.

You have to be stubborn enough to succeed in a world where the majority of people will tell you you're going to fail, you have to ignore all that.

Often times however, you do fail.

Not sure if the message is that clear. If this were their stance they should have announced multiple cities today instead of piggy backing on the Google in Austin announcement.

Great to see you and other companies head in this direction. If you have revenue early enough it's a game changer. Glad TechStars is supporting you in this decision.

My impression is that most pitches that happen at that stage are simply growth rate followed by revenue projections, no real magic when you're seeing the growth that they are.

Great team, amazing product, really excited about where they're headed.

Really excited about the Disney catalog titles. Will be interesting to see how this plays out short term for them, I can imagine a lot of families subscribing over the holidays.

"Additional labor cost and complexity" seems like poor reasoning. The long term benefits would seemingly outweigh any short term savings in labor cost.

Agreed, anything would be a step up from what they have now. Although I would imagine it's someone on their list of things to do.