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> At my previous job, I was so frustrated and the work was so pointless I was literally throwing things in my house. It made me so angry how stupid and useless
by moonchrome 4y ago
> At my previous job, I was so frustrated and the work was so pointless I was literally throwing things in my house. It made me so angry how stupid and useless a waste of time. We were working on a product which was entirely fake and everyone in the team knew it, but it was generally agreed we would all fake it together.
Sounds like a lot of startups I've contracted for TBH. I'm stumped how people are willing to throw away money at obviously dead end ideas. Not like 1/12 chances of succeeding more like 1/100. And not that great upside if they win either.
- arcturus17 4y agoI think 1/100 is the order of magnitude of success probability for a YC-backed startup… For others you’d be tending even closer to zero.
- MacsHeadroom 4y agoThe likelihood of a startup being around at 10 years is about 30% for statups generally after the third year. But around 90% don't make it beyond their third birthday. So, joining a 3+ year old start-up is actually fairly safe. The odds of "success" in terms of your role still being needed 5+ years away is as good, if not better, than it is at any big corp. Plus your work is way more likely to have a far more immediate and obvious impact on the business and on customers during that time.