3 ms·
Unless you feel like you are also going to become best friends I suggest you be aware that it’s highly likely your opinion will matter the least, mistakes by te
by andy_ppp 9y ago
Unless you feel like you are also going to become best friends I suggest you be aware that it’s highly likely your opinion will matter the least, mistakes by team members will be difficult to highlight, you will be unlikely to get promoted or be acknowledged as being as valuable as the friends. It does depend how many people there are currently; if it’s more than four I’d stay away if it’s less than four you can say to them and think like you are employee number 1.
I’d ask them about the things I’ve suggested might be problematic and if their reaction is anything but thoughtful comments on how to fix such things for you run away.
Finally for me it’d be about the idea, if I was passionate about it I’d find a way to make it work probably but then I care more about the product that’s made than even the people.
- ThrustVectoring 9y ago>you will be unlikely to get promoted Doesn't matter as long as I get a paycheck - the promotion path is through job-hopping these days.
- dbz 9y agoIt looks like you are getting downvoted, but there is a lot of truth in what you are saying. I have lots of anecdotal evidence of my peers leaving their jobs for new ones that pay a lot more. The very senior/principal engineers have even been offered large amounts of money/stock to stay, but by that point it's too late. The best path to getting raises starting from a junior engineer is to leave for a new company. There are many benefits I can list to stay at one company (network, growth as an engineer, etc.), but promotions and pay raises aren't part of that list with few exceptions.
- ThrustVectoring 9y agoThere's game-theory stuff too. Job market is a lot like an auction, so if the winner doesn't correct for things they'll usually end up paying for their winning overestimates of candidate value.