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No, employee only so far, but still earlyish in my career. I just mean I've worked at about 10 different companies for about 15 years and I've been a part of so

No, employee only so far, but still earlyish in my career. I just mean I've worked at about 10 different companies for about 15 years and I've been a part of some solid teams with 6 companies that have exited successfully.

cratermoon 5y ago
How many of those companies exited while you were still working for them?
- bostonsre 5y ago
  6. Think it would be 7 if I counted ones I left. I'm absolutely not going to say I'm some all star that is the reason the companies did well. As my career has grown, my impact on company performance has grown. I've been lucky enough to be a part of a lot of good teams. Early in my career, I was lucky with the companies I got jobs at. They happened to have great teams with incredible mentors that I was able to lean on. But, that luck let me see what good teams look like and I've looked at potential jobs through that lens for a while now. It also helps a ton to look at those companies as an investor. I try to look for companies that are dominant in their markets and have solid growth when evaluating potential jobs. My first company that I interned at while in college, then transitioned to full time while still in college was acquired by one company after being there for a few years, then that larger one was acquired a year or so after that by a fortune 50. I saw the dark side of beuacracy and that kind of made me focus on small companies that have lots of potential. One was a part time contractor gig where I was helping out my ex manager build a company after the one I worked for him before that got acquired and that part time company was acquired less than a year after launch. There was another one that happened about 90 days after I joined. My most recent one was acquired after working there for 4 years by another fortune 50 but they are allowing us to run independently and I have an amazing manager so I don't think I'll be moving again any time soon.
zingar 5y ago
It's refreshing to hear someone in tech describe 15 years as early-ish. Technically true, most of us will need to work for 40+ years.

cratermoon 5y ago

How many of those companies exited while you were still working for them?

bostonsre 5y ago
6. Think it would be 7 if I counted ones I left. I'm absolutely not going to say I'm some all star that is the reason the companies did well. As my career has grown, my impact on company performance has grown. I've been lucky enough to be a part of a lot of good teams. Early in my career, I was lucky with the companies I got jobs at. They happened to have great teams with incredible mentors that I was able to lean on. But, that luck let me see what good teams look like and I've looked at potential jobs through that lens for a while now. It also helps a ton to look at those companies as an investor. I try to look for companies that are dominant in their markets and have solid growth when evaluating potential jobs. My first company that I interned at while in college, then transitioned to full time while still in college was acquired by one company after being there for a few years, then that larger one was acquired a year or so after that by a fortune 50. I saw the dark side of beuacracy and that kind of made me focus on small companies that have lots of potential. One was a part time contractor gig where I was helping out my ex manager build a company after the one I worked for him before that got acquired and that part time company was acquired less than a year after launch. There was another one that happened about 90 days after I joined. My most recent one was acquired after working there for 4 years by another fortune 50 but they are allowing us to run independently and I have an amazing manager so I don't think I'll be moving again any time soon.

zingar 5y ago

It's refreshing to hear someone in tech describe 15 years as early-ish. Technically true, most of us will need to work for 40+ years.