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I was young and poor, if you're young and poor don't take the long shot bets. You need to build stability. Long shot bets will burn you out if you don't have a
by micromacrofoot 4y ago
I was young and poor, if you're young and poor don't take the long shot bets. You need to build stability. Long shot bets will burn you out if you don't have a safety net (and living with your parents is a completely reasonable safety net, just unfortunately one I didn't have!). I wasted my 20s thinking if I worked 60+ hours a week for a startup I would be one of the lucky ones, and it was foolish.
As usual, there's no one-size fits all advice.
- S_A_P 4y agoBut if you are working in a startup you will hardly be poor esp with a comp sci degree.
- micromacrofoot 4y agoI'm not talking about SV startups really, more like every rich dipshit in a podunk town that wants to abuse someone for some "big" idea (or advertising companies). I guess times have changed a bit though, and just about any developer can more easily get big paychecks from reputable companies these days.