A year after starting my current job, I had a conversation with the CEO. We were just 15 people back then, 5 devs.

I can't recall what prompted it, but he said he'd learned early on that the best thing he could do was to ensure us devs were happy and otherwise stay out of our way as much as possible.

I think that's at least part of the reason for the success of the company, which has gone from a small player to dominating our niche in the time I've been here.