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Going to need some stats on that. Every gig I applied to in the last two job searches was fully remote. The gig I landed on this last month is fully remote. It

Going to need some stats on that. Every gig I applied to in the last two job searches was fully remote. The gig I landed on this last month is fully remote. It is still easy to ignore the low paying, contract, in office nonsense from employers who think they have the upper hand right now.

dbish 4y ago
All the big tech are heading this way. I don’t have stats on small companies, but I would bet on the in office startups any day over the remote ones in 99% of the cases. https://twitter.com/sama/status/1590832457431281668 https://twitter.com/sama/status/1590832457431281668
- ReflectedImage 4y ago
  Then you don't really understand startups at all.
  - dbish 4y ago
    I guess you can say that, I'm early in my startup journey, but do you think Sam Altman doesn't understand startups or have a pulse on what's happening there, because that is quite the claim?
    - asdff 4y ago
      He has an opinion not a factual claim
      - nickff 4y ago
        >" He has an opinion not a factual claim " Is "He" Sam Altman, or is "he" ReflectedImage"?
  - autotune 4y ago
    Right? The whole point of a startup is to be doing something different than what “big tech” is doing. If it’s more of the same with the added risk of failing in a year then no one would ever want to join a given startup.
    - asdff 4y ago
      If people penciled it out logically it makes no sense for a startup to return to office. Consider these two startups: Startup A, paying for an office lease, recruiting talent willing to live near the office. Startup B, saving thousands of dollars not having to pay an office lease, is able to recruit talent from around the world and with the overhead savings can pay for better talent and/or a larger labor pool. It's pretty obvious here that startup B is set up a lot better for success and has a head and shoulders advantage over startup A. This is not even considering the massive environmental costs from commuting and building an office building. The only reason to go for a model like startup A is if you 1, don't care about the environmental costs, and 2, believe in the hooey about "in person synergy" and value that more than just paying for more experience or more people.
      - dbish 4y ago
        The only thing that matters is shipping (the right thing) when you’re a startup, not environmental costs or saving on an office lease. My opinion is you’ll ship faster due to better/stronger team culture and better communication if you’re in person and that’s all that will matter for success. When you've build a succesful business then you can worry about the other things that don't change your survival materially.
        Daishiman 4y ago
        I have never seen the whole “more productive culture “ thing pan out ever.
        autotune 4y ago
        Is the dude chewing gum next to you all day, the sales person always on the phone, or the coworker who hasn’t showered in 3 days to “ship faster” as part of your ideal team of 10x-ers defined in your definition of “better culture?”
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dbish 4y ago

All the big tech are heading this way. I don’t have stats on small companies, but I would bet on the in office startups any day over the remote ones in 99% of the cases. https://twitter.com/sama/status/1590832457431281668 https://twitter.com/sama/status/1590832457431281668

ReflectedImage 4y ago
Then you don't really understand startups at all.
- dbish 4y ago
  I guess you can say that, I'm early in my startup journey, but do you think Sam Altman doesn't understand startups or have a pulse on what's happening there, because that is quite the claim?
  - asdff 4y ago
    He has an opinion not a factual claim
    - nickff 4y ago
      >" He has an opinion not a factual claim " Is "He" Sam Altman, or is "he" ReflectedImage"?
- autotune 4y ago
  Right? The whole point of a startup is to be doing something different than what “big tech” is doing. If it’s more of the same with the added risk of failing in a year then no one would ever want to join a given startup.
  - asdff 4y ago
    If people penciled it out logically it makes no sense for a startup to return to office. Consider these two startups: Startup A, paying for an office lease, recruiting talent willing to live near the office. Startup B, saving thousands of dollars not having to pay an office lease, is able to recruit talent from around the world and with the overhead savings can pay for better talent and/or a larger labor pool. It's pretty obvious here that startup B is set up a lot better for success and has a head and shoulders advantage over startup A. This is not even considering the massive environmental costs from commuting and building an office building. The only reason to go for a model like startup A is if you 1, don't care about the environmental costs, and 2, believe in the hooey about "in person synergy" and value that more than just paying for more experience or more people.
    - dbish 4y ago
      The only thing that matters is shipping (the right thing) when you’re a startup, not environmental costs or saving on an office lease. My opinion is you’ll ship faster due to better/stronger team culture and better communication if you’re in person and that’s all that will matter for success. When you've build a succesful business then you can worry about the other things that don't change your survival materially.
      - Daishiman 4y ago
        I have never seen the whole “more productive culture “ thing pan out ever.
      - autotune 4y ago
        Is the dude chewing gum next to you all day, the sales person always on the phone, or the coworker who hasn’t showered in 3 days to “ship faster” as part of your ideal team of 10x-ers defined in your definition of “better culture?”
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