EA is a brand, and people on the outside don’t have much information about it, so a negative association matters on the margin for recruiting. The main post makes a fair point about not going overboard with self blame, but it seems good for EA folks to be publicly concerned about how they could have acted better, or to publicly discuss the lessons they’re taking. At the very least, I don’t think it’s worth much effort to stop people from doing so.
EA is a brand, and people on the outside don’t have much information about it, so a negative association matters on the margin for recruiting. The main post makes a fair point about not going overboard with self blame, but it seems good for EA folks to be publicly concerned about how they could have acted better, or to publicly discuss the lessons they’re taking. At the very least, I don’t think it’s worth much effort to stop people from doing so.