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Yes. I left a startup that eventually exited prior to my first year. vesting. The manager I had was one of those that was a smart guy, but didn't know his lim

Yes. I left a startup that eventually exited prior to my first year. vesting. The manager I had was one of those that was a smart guy, but didn't know his limits and between checking in broken code, aggressively (to the point of insult) insisting people work insane hours, and pushing for outsourcing more and more to a firm that was incompetent, I had enough. Being lead engineer and stuck with a launch that had no prep or IT people in place didn't help. My favorite two stories were: 1) Disappearing on a weekend (well before launch) for my wife's birthday down to Big Sur. I had told people, but apparently it didn't register. I was at work Monday and lectured despite a 70 hour week the week before. 2) Getting yelled had for whiffing and underhand toss of a pen to a colleague (and friend) of mine during a meeting where we went up to write what we were doing on the whiteboard. Said manager thought I was annoyed and chewed me out. I pointed out, I had just pulled an all nighter and was fucking beat. When I walked, I told the management team straight up he was the reason I was leaving. A colleague/friend (he was the UI lead) had hoped to stick it out awhile, he lasted a month after I did. I went through the frenzy of bubble one, had fun. I'm usually pretty darn dedicated, but that startup showed me my breaking point and I've avoided such situations since.

tajen 11y ago
> I've avoided such situations since That's probably the saddest part. You're obviously a hard worker, dedicated employee, sane manager. A sane start-up would benefit a lot from having you on board, you would get well-paid from it, and the economy would benefit from having employees who fit jobs. But now you probably have to be overly cautious and choose a more reasonable job.
- jmspring 11y ago
  I have explored a few other startups since then. But, the BS filter is in place when the pitch starts. Consulting or, my current role, where I get to work with startups is not quite the same but still interesting.

tajen 11y ago

> I've avoided such situations since That's probably the saddest part. You're obviously a hard worker, dedicated employee, sane manager. A sane start-up would benefit a lot from having you on board, you would get well-paid from it, and the economy would benefit from having employees who fit jobs. But now you probably have to be overly cautious and choose a more reasonable job.

jmspring 11y ago
I have explored a few other startups since then. But, the BS filter is in place when the pitch starts. Consulting or, my current role, where I get to work with startups is not quite the same but still interesting.