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They can complain now but it reeks of jealously instead of actual anger at the “grift.” When conditions were different nobody cares this dude got a ton of equi
by edgyquant 4y ago
They can complain now but it reeks of jealously instead of actual anger at the “grift.” When conditions were different nobody cares this dude got a ton of equity because they got equity as well.
- wpietri 4y agoIt might be jealousy. But it also could be that they're just now realizing how they got taken, and to what extent. Which would be unsurprising, as plenty of startups puff up expectations and take advantage of the young and naive. I have relatively little sympathy for Coinbase employees, as I think the whole thing was a scam built on scams, so it was always a question of who gets screwed. But I have some sympathy for the ones who were early enough in their careers that they didn't really have the chance to learn how rotten the world can get in spots.
- freejazz 4y agoAs opposed to reeking of being an edgy contrarian?
- edgyquant 4y ago[flagged]
- dcow 4y agoIt's not contrarian to take a rational view of the situation. Well, actually, never mind.
- freejazz 4y agoYou are having the word rational do a lot of work there. also, just because something is rational doesn't mean it's reasonable, which runs entirely contrary to your point. But you didn't realize this because you are not reasonable. You just care what passes the rationality bar. It's much lower.
- wpietri 4y agoFor sure. There are a lot of people for whom "rational" means "tendentiously argued in a superficially logical way". When in my view the problem is not with their narrowly presented reasoning, but on what they've put outside the frame, which often includes values, assumptions, and data that's available but mysteriously excluded.