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The average engineer at a startup is far more likely to work on something for two years that ends up being pointless, and canceled, by economics, when the enti
by rrdharan 5y ago
The average engineer at a startup is far more likely to
work on something for two years that ends up being pointless, and canceled, by economics, when the entire startup fails.
- WJW 5y agoOr even if the startup is successful, because no initial MVP survives 10x userbase growth. Every company I've ever worked for was constantly reworking parts of the codebase that were "good enough" 2-3 years ago but aren't anymore.
- cblconfederate 5y agoBut if you view your work as something that you do primarily for yourself, you end up with a net gain