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> This is the time for you to take the maximum possible risks. Usually as you get older your appetite for risk decreases. Taking risks for the sake of increas
by koolba 4y ago
> This is the time for you to take the maximum possible risks. Usually as you get older your appetite for risk decreases.
Taking risks for the sake of increasing risk is a combination of naive and stupid. Increased risk taking must come with an increasing reward.
In an economic collapse and likely recession, having a stable job at a large established company would give you stability and, soon enough, capital for buying up home and basement prices.
Working at an unprofitable early stage startup will give you a couple high fives from the founders, but you'll be in constant fear of losing that paycheck. The reward must be substantially higher than a steady big-corp job in normal times, and even more so in today's job and economic environment.
> Ergo, take that startup offer. You will always have a job as a programmer.
Working at a startup does not magically make you a better programmer any more than working at a large company automatically turns you into a cog churning out Java beans.
- ilrwbwrkhv 4y ago> Working at a startup does not magically make you a better programmer any more than working at a large company automatically turns you into a cog churning out Java beans. Working at a startup has a far better learning curve and better feedback about your rate of learning compared to a large company. Buying up capital for home and basement prices is not a part of my equation at all.
- jossclimb 4y agoI would say it's not as clear cut at that. I started out at one of the big old dinosaurs and found myself with a good amount of free time (even being on site). This meant I had a stable income and lots of time to really learn new technologies from various courses / YT content and hacking away on personal projects (while being payed on the job). I was still performing well for my main role in comparison to others at the company who you had to wonder 'what does this person even do'.