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"Remember your own worth" and "be humble" aren't mutually exclusive (but not to the extent of faux humbleness, que the Golda Meir quote). Also a mark of pretty
by strlen 18y ago
"Remember your own worth" and "be humble" aren't mutually exclusive (but not to the extent of faux humbleness, que the Golda Meir quote).
Also a mark of pretty much every start-up is that you'll see people doing work that they (or others) may feel is "below them".
I was recently in a start-up, where the person who both had the most fun and commanded the most respect had an M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford, but ended-up doing (almost exclusively) "business operations": from securing office space, to purchasing food for the fridge, doing financial work and even running the dishwasher.
pg also mentioned how RTM (now a tenured MIT professor) was a sysadmin at Viaweb.
(I've realized I've also missed several opportunities in that way: specifically being asked to do sysadmin/operations and web development work for early stage start-ups in favour of doing more "hard core" development elsewhere; but it's a tough learning curve).
- pxlpshr 18y agoHeck ya, you spend soo much time thinking and working on the business that remedial tasks are a great way to a) get out of the office and b) feel like you've made some progress by accomplishing small (but relatively important) goals. Things like finding office space is very important to creating an enjoyable and productive environment. In my last startup, 5 of us lived and worked out of our investors house so we had weekly maid service. Doing this dishes is definitely not a task anyone wanted to do. :)