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This is exactly how I felt at one point. Then I got to know the startup world, which was exactly what I was thinking career in tech would be. An answer to your

This is exactly how I felt at one point. Then I got to know the startup world, which was exactly what I was thinking career in tech would be. An answer to your questions might be a good startup that solves a problem that you genuinely values. Before jumping into startup ship though, keep in mind that experience in startup can be horrible/wonderful depending on the founders and cultures, and especially because everything is moving very fast. For a college grad, one of the most important things in my opinion is to first find a company (big corp might be the one, don't frown, focus on learning instead) with a mentor whom you can learn from. It takes discipline and hard-work to get to have the necessary skills to write manageable and scalable codebase. After that, you can consider doing your startup or joining an early stage startup. Also there's an entire different category of startup called "indie startups". You can check out indiehackers.com and some inspirational indie startup founders such as Peter Levels. (I'm not affiliated in any way, I just feel so blessed by learning from them! )

devwastaken 4y ago
Startups are the definition of being bought up or busting. It's incredibly rare that they do anything of use other than create IP and devs for a big corp to swallow. Modern tech doesn't solve problems that mean anything. After we made calculators, excel, 3d modeling, phones etc - the world wonder was complete. Now we're just trying to add all sorts of ways to get money from people for things they dont need, rent seeking a solution looking for a problem. It's all a about massive amounts of money, not actually solving a problem. The most useful tech startup will be one that ends tech startups, and begins startups in the foundations of society. Agriculture, social culture, education, construction, governance, etc. But, let's be honest, we like the money, and as much as we can complain about where it comes from and it's incentives, it's also why we're here.
- badpun 4y ago
  That's a very reductionist view on the topic. I work in a fintech startup which automates detecting online fraud (our customers are mostly various online stores). I'd say it provides concrete value for society. There are thousands of startups like that, which generally increase efficiency in some existing business processes, or in manufacturing, shipping etc.

devwastaken 4y ago

Startups are the definition of being bought up or busting. It's incredibly rare that they do anything of use other than create IP and devs for a big corp to swallow. Modern tech doesn't solve problems that mean anything. After we made calculators, excel, 3d modeling, phones etc - the world wonder was complete. Now we're just trying to add all sorts of ways to get money from people for things they dont need, rent seeking a solution looking for a problem. It's all a about massive amounts of money, not actually solving a problem. The most useful tech startup will be one that ends tech startups, and begins startups in the foundations of society. Agriculture, social culture, education, construction, governance, etc. But, let's be honest, we like the money, and as much as we can complain about where it comes from and it's incentives, it's also why we're here.

badpun 4y ago
That's a very reductionist view on the topic. I work in a fintech startup which automates detecting online fraud (our customers are mostly various online stores). I'd say it provides concrete value for society. There are thousands of startups like that, which generally increase efficiency in some existing business processes, or in manufacturing, shipping etc.