> I guess this is what happens when you're too close to your colleagues and your company grows up.
There's also a difference between "colleagues" and "employees" let alone "partner's employees".
Look at it like this: a student flirting with an other student[0] is generally appropriate, a teacher flirting with a student not so much. Because the teacher is in a position of abusable power compared to the student an otherwise harmless situation easily becomes fraught with peril.
[0] assuming reason, acknowledgement of rejection, etc..
> Because the teacher is in a position of abusable power compared to the student
From what it sounds like, the relationship between the employees/execs at Github was much more friendly than the teacher/student relationship you mentioned. The pitty is that this is super common at small companies, and it would appear this is the relevant fallout after you grow beyond a certain size.
> From what it sounds like, the relationship between the employees/execs at Github was much more friendly than the teacher/student relationship you mentioned.
Teachers and students can have very friendly relationships (common when the teacher is young, or in uni-level courses, I've had excellent relations with teachers in the past). That does not change the power relation and the risks of abuse thereof.
There's also a difference between "colleagues" and "employees" let alone "partner's employees".
Look at it like this: a student flirting with an other student[0] is generally appropriate, a teacher flirting with a student not so much. Because the teacher is in a position of abusable power compared to the student an otherwise harmless situation easily becomes fraught with peril.
[0] assuming reason, acknowledgement of rejection, etc..