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I don't see why this is getting much attention. You can look at the financials all day long, but what really matters is your happiness. Are you going to be happ
by miles_matthias 11y ago
I don't see why this is getting much attention. You can look at the financials all day long, but what really matters is your happiness. Are you going to be happy at a big company doing the same job day in and day out? If so, great!
If you're the type of person that can't stand repetition and predictability and want the emotional roller coaster of creating something new, then join a startup!
We don't have blog posts talking about the payouts between being an artist and a hedge fund manager, and yet people still become artists. Why do we do this in the startup culture? We shouldn't feel apologetic or like we're missing out on something if we decide that what makes us happy is to work at a startup.
- jasonlotito 11y agoThis makes the wrong assumption that the only two options are "big company" and "startup." More importantly neither of the two qualities you assign to big company and startup are unique.
- sbilstein 11y agoYou might have a repetitive job at a start up writing crud for an ecommerce website or you might have a rollercoaster ride at Google inventing spanner. The things you describe are not exclusive to either the startup or the bigco.
- mruniverse 11y agoIt's basically a reply to the positive coverage that Startups get. Startups get the glory (as much as you can in this line of work anyway). They get TV shows, movies and endless blog posts. And judging from the attention, his post was needed.