And not just so their best don't leave for company X, stopping at companies L, M, N, O and P in between. It's because they're growing like crazy.
Some companies still are.
All right, it's like being at work every day. But this is software development and for some who ply the trade, work is like being at a party. But even true believers feel the walls closing in when a company grows from about 300 people to more than 500 in a year. Eventually, the enterprise software company brought in trailers as temporary offices. In the parking lot, meaning even fewer spaces.