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Google pays well. Why not take the opportunity to swing for the fences without taking personal financial risk?
by mmastrac 9y ago
Google pays well. Why not take the opportunity to swing for the fences without taking personal financial risk?
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- mythz 9y agoBecause you'll forfeit your reward or upside for working hard on executing your idea, worse if it's successful where Google owns your IP and starts productizing it you've killed your opportunity to go start your own company around it.
- tempestn 9y agoBut if you're not interested in starting a company, and instead want to work on interesting things while being paid very well, it sounds pretty good.
- mythz 9y agoYour pay remains the same regardless. If you're not interested in any financial gain, sure it can be more enjoyable to spend your work hours on your own idea inside Google's cushy offices.
- themacguffinman 9y agoThat's a strange assumption. I would think that any employee who pioneers a successful idea will land a leading role in the subsequent product development team and a bonus at least. Sure, the reward isn't as high as if you spun off your own startup but it won't be nothing.
- avaer 9y agoBecause as your patron Google ultimately calls the shots. You are still an employee beholden to your monolith employer.
- slackingoff2017 9y agoBuilding your dreams within area 120 implies that they belong to Google. Personally, I would rather own the idea I'm passionate about than get paid to work on it. Plus, former Google employees are some of the most hireable candidates in the world. They don't lose job security when they walk away to chase their startup dreams like most of us do.
- jboggan 9y agoDo you want to build Pied Piper or Nucleus?
- e2e4 9y ago:)