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The "hacker" and "hustler" mentality is also largely driven by expectations of growth when you take $500M in a Series C. When you have that much riding on a com
by calbear81 11y ago
The "hacker" and "hustler" mentality is also largely driven by expectations of growth when you take $500M in a Series C. When you have that much riding on a company you've built and you have been told to hustle, then you're going to do whatever it takes even if that means breaking the law.
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- alexqgb 11y agoWell, you might. And perhaps that's the difference between you and people who realize that going to jail is considerably worse than going out of business.
- fixermark 11y agoBut nobody went to jail. Similarly, nobody goes to jail for using pirated software, securing users' data via security-through-obscurity, etc. There are a lot of corners you can cut in the Valley before you've cut too many, and companies know this.