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Speaking as someone who is 50, I would say you have 2 choices: take your risks early so you have time to recover from them before you retire, or take a very low
by mikekchar 8y ago
Speaking as someone who is 50, I would say you have 2 choices: take your risks early so you have time to recover from them before you retire, or take a very low risk approach to your early career and save a lot of money so that you can afford to take risks later in your career.
- killjoywashere 8y ago3) work for big corp, have idea that can't be done small, and successfully pitch internally. Move vertically internally. Not as sexy, but much more likely to succeed if your goal is the idea.
- mikekchar 8y agoInteresting idea. Having worked in a big company before, though, I definitely could not do this! The politics would kill me before I even got close. I wonder if that means that I couldn't do a startup either...
- paulgrant999 8y agoOnly works if your company sees you as a potential partner. Which is why one of the strongest criteria I have now with a company, is whether or not they would consider doing a joint deal. You are far more likely to be treated as a peon, or someone to rob, (or beat down with lawsuits) in todays corporate climate. Most of the executive staff, is straight up sociopathic bootlickers. I cannot tell you how many times I correctly called, major market shifts (what would now be called "disruptive") only to have it fall on deaf ears and watch some competitor rise to new heights months to a year later (and eat their lunch).
- bizkitgto 8y agoNah, someone will steal your work and get credit. Big companies are full of passive aggressive co-workers who won't think twice to screw you over.