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99.999999% of software engineering is being a cog in a machine. Startups included. Even your own startup if you have VC money and clients. Google is a nicer cle
by marcinzm 3y ago
99.999999% of software engineering is being a cog in a machine. Startups included. Even your own startup if you have VC money and clients. Google is a nicer cleaner machine than most other machines.
- greatpostman 3y agoAs a founder, you have to live it to realize you are in some sense still an employee of the VC firm
- JanSt 3y agoAs a bootstrapper, you have to live it to realize you are in some sense still an employee of the client
- gomox 3y agoNext up: As a human in a capitalist system As a mammal on Earth As a cell-based organism on this arm of the galaxy
- sebastiennight 3y agoAs a conscious mind needing carbohydrates to sustain compute
- kbknapp 3y agoI've worked in large companies (thousands of employees) and startups (<20) and I actually felt more like a cog in the machine at the startup size companies. I was literally just a means to an end to churn out code on a product. I could have been (and eventually was) replaced at any moment with another generic cog willing to churn out the same code without much of a thought.
- tsunamifury 3y agoAfter working at Google and Startups, I totally agree. You are much more of a cog at a startup due to the desperate need to grind out the next A/B test or customer requirement. People WAY over glamorize startups.
- varelse 3y ago[dead]
- teaearlgraycold 3y agoDon't agree at all. Have you worked at a startup with <10 employees? It's more like 25% cog at that level. Even at 50 employees you're at worst 50% cog.