Most people will tell you this: If you stay too long at one company, your career stalls.

Growth is supposed to look like movement. A new title, a new logo, a clean break every few years. Staying is often mistaken for settling.

Max’s career at Arches tells a different story.

Not because he stayed comfortable, but because the company kept changing. And because growth at Arches didn’t require leaving.

After more than five years, Max didn’t move on. He chose to build again, this time, from scratch. In Bogota.

Staying Because the Company Kept Growing

When Max joined Arches in 2019, there was no roadmap waiting for him.

The Vietnam team was small. Really small. A handful of people sharing one table in a coworking space, building something that didn’t yet have clear roles, polished processes, or certainty.

What it did have was momentum.

From the beginning, Max wasn’t hired into a narrow job description. He was trusted. Needed. Thrown into problems that didn’t come with instructions. One week it was operations. Next, marketing. Then, sales. Sometimes areas where no one in the company had ever worked before.

“I was thrown into departments where I had zero experience,” Max says. “The learning curve started from zero and rose incredibly fast.”

Growth came from doing the work, not from being fully prepared. Learning by doing, making mistakes and figuring things out, with support.

As Arches grew, Max’s role kept changing. New challenges appeared and old ones disappeared. That’s why staying never felt repetitive – because the company never stood still.

Today, Arches has grown into a global company with hundreds of people across regions.

It showed Max that the ambition was real. The pace was real. That the future was worth believing in even at the biggest scale.

Staying wasn’t about loyalty for loyalty’s sake. It was about building momentum.

Choosing to Build Again — From Zero in Bogotá

After years of building in a more mature setup, Max made another choice.

He chose to start again. A new region, a new team, an office built from nothing. With unfamiliar challenges, higher stakes, and a chance to apply everything he had learned.

Building from scratch means no inherited systems, no established ways of working, and no safety net. Everything has to be built intentionally, from early decisions to everyday habits.

Max brought with him the same principles that shaped Arches early on:

• Trust before experience
• Ownership over titles
• No hierarchy-first mindset

In Bogotá, Max is building culture, setting foundations, and creating space for others to grow. Not by copying what worked elsewhere, but by building what fits this team.

As he puts it: “Your title doesn’t determine your impact. Your ideas do.” At Arches, leadership isn’t about titles. It’s about ownership.

Max’s Message to Fresh Graduates Considering Arches

For people who join Arches early, roles are only the beginning. Early team members shape how the office woFor people who join Arches early, roles are only the beginning. Early team members shape how the office works, how decisions are made, and how culture forms — often in ways that last well beyond the first few hires.

Growth paths aren’t fully defined on day one, but evolve as the business evolves, shaped by real work, real needs, and real ownership.

The same reasons Max stayed are the same opportunities available to new hires:

• Early real responsibility
• Trust before feeling fully ready
• Room to grow as the company grows

At Arches, culture isn’t written first. It’s built by people — through the choices they make every day.

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If this way of growing resonates with you, Bogotá is where we’re building it.

Check out our Job Portal here ,and we can’t wait to see your application and potentially welcome you to the Arches team!