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My best advice for you today is to be super frugal. Don't buy the fancy car, don't buy the condo, don't sign a long lease. A low burn for yourself will lower yo
by jbkiv 7y ago
My best advice for you today is to be super frugal. Don't buy the fancy car, don't buy the condo, don't sign a long lease. A low burn for yourself will lower your stress and will offer you a lot of options.
If you like your job and the company stay put and work more if you can. Your leadership will be struggling at some point to survive.
Your CEO/Founder will feel very, very lonely. Go meet with him/her, tell him how you feel and offer help.
Even if the company collapses you will end up working with a lot of the same folks down the road. You will create memories and will bond with other folks in a less superficial way.
As they say this is fucking hard. More than you can imagine.
Ben Horowitz wrote a good book, The Hard Thing About Hard Things. In his case, it ended well, but most likely it will not end well for a lot of people.
Be sympathetic. Empathy is important. This is too late to be cynical or overly critical
Good luck.