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If any startups want to put me on payroll just to increase their headcount for the purpose of raising more funding I'll happily take the money.
by totetsu 4y ago
If any startups want to put me on payroll just to increase their headcount for the purpose of raising more funding I'll happily take the money.
- owenmarshall 4y agoYou missed the boat on that by a year. What we should all be asking ourselves is “am I on payroll at my current job to act as ballast?”
- mclightning 4y agoWhat does it mean to act as a ballast? What are some signs? Is there a general terminology for this? Are you talking about "meat-shield headcounts"
- teratron27 4y agoDo you work in a cost centre or a profit centre for the business?
- red-iron-pine 4y agoYes
- totetsu 4y agoI caught that boat and and was pumped overboard. But I think I was bilge water more than ballast.
- marcinzm 4y agoYou mean you'll take the risk of having 50% of your comp be near worthless versus getting more liquid comp from an existing public company?
- Nextgrid 4y agoProblem is that you'll have to support and maintain a brittle, over-engineered mess and then find creative ways to further over-engineer otherwise-simple solutions to create busywork for yourself and others.