Everyone tells you to hire fast. It "feels" like growth.

We’re 10 people, seven years in.

No hiring sprees.
No layoffs.
No cycles of expansion and contraction.

Just careful additions when the work demanded it.

Most of the team that joined early is still here. A couple moved on when their paths changed.

Continuity doesn’t feel dramatic while it’s happening, only later do you realize how much it shaped the company.