What Are the Benefits of Creating a Coddled Environment?

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Some people would argue that Especially at larger tech companies. There's a coddled environment in which you have everything provided for you as companies started to compete for top talent. But actually people have become somewhat complacent because so much has been provided to them. A great sign of top talent is the ambition to do more Maybe we should do an episode on whether that's a good or bad thing.

It's human nature to worry about the things that can go wrong.

But often overlooked is the mentality of attraction instead of detraction, or in other words focusing on what you can bring to the table instead of what you can prevent from happening.

While so many companies signal they want entrepreneurial candidates yet don't allow side projects, want out of the box thinkers yet expect them to work in a box (office), and vow they only hire top talent yet pay below market rate... there's power in thinking through whether you're truly focusing on attracting the right people or just trying to prevent wrong behavior.

In this episode, Steph and Cal discuss the mentality of being a magnet instead of a jail, originally inspired by this tweet of Steph's.