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Bad metaphor. Joining a young start-up involves risk that company will fold fast, and also taking home less income than joining a more established company. A ga
by happywolf 15y ago
Bad metaphor. Joining a young start-up involves risk that company will fold fast, and also taking home less income than joining a more established company. A gas station attendant selling lottery ticket has no such risk.
- noonespecial 15y agoUmm, no. The gas station attendant isn't the one joining, he's the founder. You give him a little money now in the form of a lesser salary and no benefits and you get a ticket that might be a winner and is probably a loser. Its worse than that. You actually bust your ass to make your ticket a winner.
- Confusion 15y agoThe ticket wasn't his property. He wouldn't have gotten anything after not selling it to you. Nor out of selling it to anyone else instead.
- noonespecial 15y agoOk, so it was like a pool, see and there was this guy and he bought this lottery ticket, but he walked around the office, and people chipped in and then he bought it, but there were lawyers and everyone had to work a little to get the claim settled and then and then... It was an over simplified simile more about attitude than lining up every detail with perfect allegory.