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> I'm sure that everyone here will have been in similar situations before. No, because I've only worked for businesses that make money.

confluence 9y ago
Not the time or place.
- umanwizard 9y ago
  What? Why not? The OP is explicitly asking for advice. My advice is to work for a business that makes money.
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  - adventured 9y ago
    That's not the advice you gave. In fact you gave no advice, you simply proclaimed your superiority when it comes to past decision making, in that you only worked for companies that make money. Your reply was intentionally snarky at best; obnoxiously insulting, demeaning and entirely non-useful at worst.
  - yequalsx 9y ago
    You should have stated it this way in your original comment. Instead your comment comes a across as snarky and unhelpful.
  - pavel_lishin 9y ago
    Would you also recommend that he eat food for sustenance, and continue metabolizing it with oxygen?
tluyben2 9y ago
With startups you often don't know if they will (in the long run); you want to say you only go for no risk big corps? Or you mean something else?
- umanwizard 9y ago
  > you want to say you only go for no risk big corps Yes -- I think it's worth pointing out the upsides of this option to counter the breathless startup optimism I routinely see on this site.
  - tluyben2 9y ago
    I agree. But also to counter the optimism would be to clearly explain that if a company does not have a solid fundamental plan to make money that is not 'running ads' or 'when we have millions of users it will come to us', you might not want to work there. There are plenty of great startups that have a solid plan and yes, it is more risk than working for Microsoft, however, it is not as much risk as working for a company that needs investment rounds until they figure out how to actually make money. I find those the most frightening and many of those you can find here. That is not to say even those do not stand a chance, but it is a big risk.

confluence 9y ago

Not the time or place.

umanwizard 9y ago
What? Why not? The OP is explicitly asking for advice. My advice is to work for a business that makes money.
- deleted 9y ago
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- adventured 9y ago
  That's not the advice you gave. In fact you gave no advice, you simply proclaimed your superiority when it comes to past decision making, in that you only worked for companies that make money. Your reply was intentionally snarky at best; obnoxiously insulting, demeaning and entirely non-useful at worst.
- yequalsx 9y ago
  You should have stated it this way in your original comment. Instead your comment comes a across as snarky and unhelpful.
- pavel_lishin 9y ago
  Would you also recommend that he eat food for sustenance, and continue metabolizing it with oxygen?

tluyben2 9y ago

With startups you often don't know if they will (in the long run); you want to say you only go for no risk big corps? Or you mean something else?

umanwizard 9y ago
> you want to say you only go for no risk big corps Yes -- I think it's worth pointing out the upsides of this option to counter the breathless startup optimism I routinely see on this site.
- tluyben2 9y ago
  I agree. But also to counter the optimism would be to clearly explain that if a company does not have a solid fundamental plan to make money that is not 'running ads' or 'when we have millions of users it will come to us', you might not want to work there. There are plenty of great startups that have a solid plan and yes, it is more risk than working for Microsoft, however, it is not as much risk as working for a company that needs investment rounds until they figure out how to actually make money. I find those the most frightening and many of those you can find here. That is not to say even those do not stand a chance, but it is a big risk.