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I don't think it's necessarily 'going too far in any direction is wrong', so much as 'always remember you have these options'. For some people, full blown corp
by JacobAldridge 15y ago
I don't think it's necessarily 'going too far in any direction is wrong', so much as 'always remember you have these options'.
For some people, full blown corporate is everything they want and need. As long as they keep making that choice - as opposed to staying where they are out of routine - they can be happy. I'm doing the consultant thing, and always weighing this up versus the startup thing - happy with my choices to date, and those include regularly reaffirming that corporate isn't for me...right now.
One day, that all may change.
- swombat 15y agoWhat I mean by going too far is when you start believing that your way is the one true way for everyone. I like to call this effect "Born Again Entrepreneurs" - where a newly entrepreneurial escapee becomes literally evangelical about the benefits of running your own business vs working in a corporation. Different people have different life choices, and climbing up the ladder in MegaCorp Inc is not intrinsically worse or better than running a consultancy or startup. It may be worse for me at this point, but for others it's exactly the right choice.
- JacobAldridge 15y agoThen we agree. I've met plenty of entrepreneurs who know they can't work for MegaCorp, and therefore assume that nobody sensible could ever work for a big company. You can guess how their recruitment strategies work out as the business grows.