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I do have to say, after joining a small decidedly non-startup company, the culture at most startups is toxic simply due to that fact that they're so informal an
by glenda 9y ago
I do have to say, after joining a small decidedly non-startup company, the culture at most startups is toxic simply due to that fact that they're so informal and mostly full of men. That means there will be certain situations in which the women (if there are any) may feel uncomfortable as their needs and concerns are not being actively considered.
- degenerate 9y agoBut therein lies the problem. The CULTURE of a startup is that of a lean, mean, industry-shaking machine. You need a warrior's mentality to bite the bullet / grin and bear it / do what needs to be done for the company to be successful, or it will fail. Long hours, insurmountable goals, head-to-head teams, killing the bad ideas early. If women can roll with that, GREAT, they can join the ranks and be one of the guys. But women don't have that testosterone flowing in their veins to operate on that level. Startups are like an extreme sport, yes there are some extreme women but it's MOSTLY men, because our testosterone fuels our desire to outperform, over-excel and become #1. This is why the top elite bankers and day traders are also men. At some point we need to step away from the "58 genders everyone can identify as an apache helicopter" mentality plaguing our society and accept the physical, emotional, and mental differences in our biochemistry as a divider in our abilities as male or female. There's feminine men, and there's masculine women. Their existence does not mean all men can do what women are good at, and vice versa. WE ARE DIFFERENT.
- glenda 9y agoThis point of view is absolutely absurd. Women and men are both obviously capable of hard work in the same capacity.
- degenerate 9y agoYup, but not as many women as men. Thus you won't have a nice 50/50 mix that HR expects.
- ritchiea 9y agoUsername "degenerate" defines startup culture as equivalent to macho culture and wonders if women are as good and determined at work as men. Got it.
- greglindahl 9y agoThe words "bite the bullet / grin and bear it / do what needs to be done for the company to be successful, or it will fail" could also describe the job of a parent. Yet we don't usually think of parents as being warriors. Thanks for giving us all an example of assumptions about gender that cause huge problems, can I use your words as training material?
- whitemale 9y agoShould people not be allowed to build a startup or a company where some groups of people might feel unwelcome?