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Sadly, four years of "heroic effort at failing startup" doesn't look as good on the resume as "worked at Google".
by 100k 10y ago
Sadly, four years of "heroic effort at failing startup" doesn't look as good on the resume as "worked at Google".
- maxxxxx 10y agoA lot of startups aren't even technically very advanced so the only thing you may have learned is to work 80 hours per week without complaining
- sharkweek 10y agoDisagree - not saying that a failed startup is better than Google, but honestly there is a lot of appeal to hiring someone who took a shot on something less established. Both have their merits.
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- catshirt 10y agoi've had the opportunity to hire a decent number of people at a couple of startups. i hope you can find comfort in the fact i disagree with you. :)
- g10r 10y agoThat experience is invaluable to anyone who can adapt and apply the learned mistakes to future work. Especially so if being applied to a startup environment. You have to be laser focused, gritty, willing fight 24/7/365 for years. This doesn't just apply to the founder/CEO it applies to anyone involved early stage, every day is just too mission critical and the entire team needs to be aware of the consequences. For the most part or most teams, you don't learn that at Google. That's who i'd want on my team at least.