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Being a bad fit for a startup doesn’t mean it’s a bad personal decision. When startups want to stop being startups and start being seen as respected companies,
by irq11 9y ago
Being a bad fit for a startup
doesn’t mean it’s a bad personal decision. When startups want to stop being startups and start being seen as respected companies, you can bet they start hiring MBAs.
It makes sense for YC to try to filter out credential seekers, because they’re unlikely to have the right motivation. But if your goal is to have a wildly successful career, and MBA is probably a safer bet than a startup. Most startups - even well-funded YC startups - trundle out of the gate, fall over and die.
- PakG1 9y agoWould you rather get on a rocket shop at ground zero or after it's achieved escape velocity? I imagine only founders want to get on it at ground zero. People who get on it after it's reached escape velocity seem to do just fine with all their stock options, especially if they get on there early enough. It would seem to me that MBAs get hired after escape velocity.
- jcadam 9y agoEvery large company I've worked at, there's always a few old, crusty engineers who have been with the company forever who say "This used to be a great place to work." And the reason it stopped being great is always some variant of "..and then the MBAs came."