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I know from personal experience the sub-title to this article is "How I'm justifying a bad decision". Entrepreneurs know when they're making a bad decision, wh

I know from personal experience the sub-title to this article is "How I'm justifying a bad decision". Entrepreneurs know when they're making a bad decision, whether consciously or not. [Edited for brevity. No disrespect, but hate to see a Developer give up on their independence]

davidw 10y ago
Calling someone's personal decision bad or good without knowing most of the circumstances of their life... might be something to avoid. Perhaps "I hope this new gig works out for you right now, but really hope to see you running something of your own again at some point in the future"?
rpeden 10y ago
Hey, it's not as if he'll be slaving away in an Agile sweatshop with an evil Scrum Master looking over his shoulder and cracking the whip. :) Joining a larger organization can provide the opportunity to accomplish things that would be difficult or impossible on your own. And if it doesn't work out, or eventually becomes disappointing, it's still possible to hop back on the entrepreneurial horse and ride off into the sunset.
ridruejo 10y ago
It would be if he was joining a corporate job. This is not "just a job" at a regular company working on a regular product. People talk about making the world a better place all the time but few do. Working on Atlas at Stripe has that potential for impact and you get to work with awesome founders. Congrats both to kalzumeus and Stripe
- rjvir 10y ago
  > Working on Atlas at Stripe has that potential for impact and you get to work with awesome founders Same with countless other jobs, such as working at Facebook, Google, Amazon, Snapchat, etc
- matchagaucho 10y ago
  It doesn't sound like Sr leadership role that can influence strategy, so it's basically a "job". He'll come back to the dark side soon enough and build a sustainable business model (with the benefit of experience at Stripe, of course) :-)
  - Dobbs 10y ago
    I'd say the exact opposite. From my impression of it he is in charge of the Japan office. If this is anything like how the company I'm at is doing internationalization there will likely be pushing (and some implementing) technical requirements to make the product culturally accessible. There will be B2B, and in this case B2Gov discussions. I'm sure he will also be heading up finding office space and hiring others to do the work. This is a very likely a senior management position in addition to I'm sure a senior technical position.
rfrey 10y ago
This comment is quite disrespectful, as well as arrogant.
- rpeden 10y ago
  It might be, but I try to read comments like this one a little more charitably. People tend to see things through the lens of their own thoughts and experiences. The author of the post in question is probably just trying to provide advice based on how they'd feel in a similar situation. The wording probably made it seem more abrasive than it was intended to be.
  - rfrey 10y ago
    Your way is better than mine.
switch007 10y ago
I think he's been around the block enough and has sufficient resources not to make a bad decision. Either way, who is anyone to judge?
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davidw 10y ago

Calling someone's personal decision bad or good without knowing most of the circumstances of their life... might be something to avoid. Perhaps "I hope this new gig works out for you right now, but really hope to see you running something of your own again at some point in the future"?

rpeden 10y ago

Hey, it's not as if he'll be slaving away in an Agile sweatshop with an evil Scrum Master looking over his shoulder and cracking the whip. :) Joining a larger organization can provide the opportunity to accomplish things that would be difficult or impossible on your own. And if it doesn't work out, or eventually becomes disappointing, it's still possible to hop back on the entrepreneurial horse and ride off into the sunset.

ridruejo 10y ago

It would be if he was joining a corporate job. This is not "just a job" at a regular company working on a regular product. People talk about making the world a better place all the time but few do. Working on Atlas at Stripe has that potential for impact and you get to work with awesome founders. Congrats both to kalzumeus and Stripe

rjvir 10y ago
> Working on Atlas at Stripe has that potential for impact and you get to work with awesome founders Same with countless other jobs, such as working at Facebook, Google, Amazon, Snapchat, etc
matchagaucho 10y ago
It doesn't sound like Sr leadership role that can influence strategy, so it's basically a "job". He'll come back to the dark side soon enough and build a sustainable business model (with the benefit of experience at Stripe, of course) :-)
- Dobbs 10y ago
  I'd say the exact opposite. From my impression of it he is in charge of the Japan office. If this is anything like how the company I'm at is doing internationalization there will likely be pushing (and some implementing) technical requirements to make the product culturally accessible. There will be B2B, and in this case B2Gov discussions. I'm sure he will also be heading up finding office space and hiring others to do the work. This is a very likely a senior management position in addition to I'm sure a senior technical position.

rfrey 10y ago

This comment is quite disrespectful, as well as arrogant.

rpeden 10y ago
It might be, but I try to read comments like this one a little more charitably. People tend to see things through the lens of their own thoughts and experiences. The author of the post in question is probably just trying to provide advice based on how they'd feel in a similar situation. The wording probably made it seem more abrasive than it was intended to be.
- rfrey 10y ago
  Your way is better than mine.

switch007 10y ago

I think he's been around the block enough and has sufficient resources not to make a bad decision. Either way, who is anyone to judge?

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