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Good engineers must learn that while they spent the time learning their skills, other people spent that time learning how to steal others’ people work. If you a
by GoToRO 6y ago
Good engineers must learn that while they spent the time learning their skills, other people spent that time learning how to steal others’ people work. If you are really good, you must start your own company. Much harder, I know.
- chimen 6y agoAnd a good engineer usually does not make a good salesperson. Starting a company does not make a good engineer better nor does it guarantee a better path in one's career. On the contrary I would dare say.
- RivieraKid 6y agoThat's obvious to everybody. The point is, co-owning the company you work for has some fundamental advantages. By the way, this wouldn't be true in a perfectly competitive market, it's only true thanks to market imperfections. For example, in the company I work for, sometimes I slip into the mode of feeling like I "own" the product we're making, making an extra effort, being emotionally invested, etc. But then I remember, I would just be a fool who works for his employer for free. Also, achieving change requires a lot more effort and often fails, which can be demotivating. In general, I feel like I could run things substantially better if I had the power. Seeing the mediocrity at fairly successful companies makes me really think about working at a startup.
- thanksforthe42 6y agoI've been called a good Engineer. All my companies I started failed. This hits close to home.
- hnarn 6y agoLuckily for you, there’s plenty of us stuck in other depts (technical sales, customer services) that still understand a lot of the technical stuff while being more used to working closely with customers. Try finding a company buddy, they might be closer than you think.
- SkyPuncher 6y agoLol. This is terrible advice. Starting a company does nothing to prevent others from stealing your work. Just puts more effort on the business owner to source business and protect their IP.