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Ask HN: Staying on to pick up the pieces of failed startup
This is a throwaway account, for the obvious reasons. I'm a regular reader and occasional contributor.
I've just been asked to stay on at the web startup I work at while the majority of the company (developers, sales, etc) is layed off. My job would be to maintain the existing software while an off-the-shelf replacement is integrated by a consulting company. The downside is that I won't be doing any new development for the next 6 months. The upside is that I'll be compensated much better for babysitting for that time period. After that, I'm free to go. Is this a wise career move or should I cut my losses and find something new immediately?
- sagacity 16y agoI'd say this is (if not a rare, at least a great) learning opportunity. Much better compensation puts icing on the cake! I'd go for it if I were you; all the best.
- cleanup_crew 16y agoI'm just curious, how do you see it as a learning opportunity? Learning the rough and tumble world of startups?
- sagacity 16y agoYes, and also the associated revival/turnaround/business processes. (This is based on my understanding derived from your post above that the startup is not getting shut down.) I do realise that you're basically on the technical (and not business) side of things, but imho it'll give you an opportunity to expand your experience and knowledge, going beyond the realms of technology; usually a useful thing. YMMV :-)
- petervandijck 16y agoYou could make a deal with them. You work 3 days/week on that, for fulltime compensation, and the other 2 days you could start something yourself or learn some technologies you always wanted to spend time on. Or contribute to some OS thing that you always wanted to work on. In other words, improve your skills/knowledge/resume.