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I see his last point here: He’s buying a work environment that is comparatively bullshit-free. Little bureaucracy, few meetings, flexible work schedule/envir
by waynep 18y ago
I see his last point here:
He’s buying a work environment that is comparatively bullshit-free. Little bureaucracy, few meetings, flexible work schedule/environment, etc. If you’ve ever had an environment like this, you know how addictive it is and how elusive it is in larger companies.
... as the most important.
- gamble 18y ago...plus 10-12 hour workdays.
- calvin 18y agoTime is part of the investment.
- marvin 18y agoThen the article's numbers are off, and he should have halved the projected salary.
- webwright 18y agoThat's where the math comes in. I can't think of a single startup, however, that actually pay half the salary of what a person could earn at BigCo... Mostly because most engineers are savvy enough to know what a rotten deal this is (unless the equity position is dramatically bigger).
- JeremyChase 18y ago...plenty of 'established' companies have developers working 10-12 hour workdays.
- hello_moto 18y ago...with bonuses, promotion, more holidays, better health benefit (you and your family need this).
- JeremyChase 18y agoI'll agree with everything but promotion.
- bfioca 18y agoThat's not always true. It depends on the maturity of the startup's product but I don't believe (and RescueTime supports this) you can really expect to see long term productivity gains from employees when you require them to work well over 40 hour weeks.
- menloparkbum 18y agoPre series-A this usually is the case, but post series-A there can be a lot of bullshit, especially if there is actual or perceived pressure to hire quickly.