I enjoy working for a company that realizes we'll never have the entire market and is fine with the fact that there is plenty of space for multiple competitors to do well.
I've been at companies where "we want to be number 1, win all the awards, and defeat the competition" and I get where that comes from... a certain amount of that is healthy, but it can also get very twisted. I'd rather not.
I'm trying to make people think differently about their competition. Competition is a healthy thing rather than something to be worried about. Plenty of companies can co-exist even if they're doing the same thing.
Competition isn't necessarily a bad thing, imo. A lot of companies and successful businesses enter a field where there is a proven demand and need and find a way to stand out.
I have heard people saying "we love competition". I wonder if they really mean it. Not saying one cant't love competition, just that the phrase is used so commonly that it's hard to digest.
I, for one, hate my competitors. Basic insticts perhaps?
Is not disliking your competitors something that is practiced by majority? OR is it at least very common? Common enough to point at a company that doesn't follow it?
If you're working for profit, competition is awful. If you're not working for profit competition may or may not be good. Regardless, how you personally feel about competition isn't relevant here.
Competition isn't a waste of resources, it's the best mechanism we have to ensure quality.
Furthermore, I'm happy to be in a golden age with lots of orgs trying things and many options. It's going to suck once the market eventually consolidates us and we have to take whatever enshittified thing the ologopolists feed us.
I've been at companies where "we want to be number 1, win all the awards, and defeat the competition" and I get where that comes from... a certain amount of that is healthy, but it can also get very twisted. I'd rather not.
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