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Right, everyone is still experimenting on the side now especially because those little ideas are the best route to autonomy. And if you have a wide breadth of s
by shopkins 11y ago
Right, everyone is still experimenting on the side now especially because those little ideas are the best route to autonomy. And if you have a wide breadth of skills in the field, a startup is often the only way (I've found) to finally gain the freedom to use all of them.
- api 11y ago> if you have a wide breadth of skills in the field, a startup is often the only way (I've found) to finally gain the freedom to use all of them. That's a great point, and is a major factor that led me into startups. Doing a startup is the only time I've ever had a job that feels like my time is not being wasted. With everything else I feel under-challenged, under-utilized, and pigeonholed.
- shopkins 11y agoSame! When either building something myself or with under 5 people I've been able to use all my knowledge and truly stretch myself. But I've also worked at a "startup" with the wrong people in charge, where I was completely under-utilized and couldn't get challenging work despite asking for it. The chance for fulfilling work though, I think, is the biggest draw.