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> And that ought to be a problem for the HN crowd because getting acquired by big tech is one of the primary exits available to interesting startups. This stat
by juve1996 4y ago
> And that ought to be a problem for the HN crowd because getting acquired by big tech is one of the primary exits available to interesting startups.
This statement bothers me and pretty much says "our product sucks but we're hoping to fool enough FAANGs to get bought out."
- morelisp 4y agoIn the absolute marginal case of defense, I think FAANG is well aware of this rather than being fooled, but sees the technical skill and ability to go from design to ship regardless of how absurd that ship is. Both are useful for FAANG. It's just a protracted interview process the candidate takes all risk and pays all costs for.