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Joining a startup is not inherently impressive. The characteristics of employed developers that I most admire are: intelligence, loyalty, and ability to execute
by andrewparker 16y ago
Joining a startup is not inherently impressive. The characteristics of employed developers that I most admire are: intelligence, loyalty, and ability to execute (read: ship code). Being employed doesn't affect my opinion of someone regarding those characteristics.
- Tichy 16y agoI was just trying to arrive at the conclusion of the article. I think it starts out listing reasons why developers choose to work on their own startups rather than join other startups. Then it says that the listed reasons are not really good reasons (they don't tend to produce impressive entrepreneurs). The conclusion seems to be that the respective developers would be better off joining startups instead. Hence my question if that would be more impressive than working on one's own startup for the wrong reasons. Another way to interpret it would of course be to still opt for the own startup, but for better reasons.
- andrewparker 16y agoFair point. Most of my posts drift like that because I write my way into ideas. It's like thinking out loud... and then I hit "post".