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"4. You are not offered health insurance or many other standard benefits usually given to full time employees. " Wrong. Lot of early stage startups don't offer

by dm8 14y ago

"4. You are not offered health insurance or many other standard benefits usually given to full time employees. " Wrong. Lot of early stage startups don't offer them unless they are generating revenues or raised good venture money. "2. The entire product requirements are just given to you as a brief list of items. A single email. There is no clear product spec. You are expected to figure out what is needed. And you are expected to then build it. Ask yourself if your compensation justifies this." What is product spec that you are referring to? And the person you are referring is engineer/designer? In early stage startups you have to take initiative all the time. Do problem solving and come up with ideas/product specs. Its not big co where world moves along waterfall model and you get product specs from your manager. "8. The management team expects you to contribute your personal devices for the firm's use." Heard about BYOD? Even larger co's are implementing them.

chetankjain 14y ago
2. And the product visionary (or maybe one of the founders) rests in peace surfing the web)? 8. BYOD should be rolled out as a policy or an option. It should be communicated upfront and not taken as granted, while funds are diverted for personal gratification as in this case.
- dm8 14y ago
  2. "Product visionary" is the term thrown around nowadays. Much like "ninja" and "rockstars" in dev jobs listings. CEO is the product guy. And in an early stage startup (< 10 employees) he should actively code if he is technical. Or design (in case designer) or make sales pitches (if he is sales guy/gal). Its everyone's responsibility to contribute to product specs . Of course CEO/Founder should be leading that effort. BYOD - I'm part of founding team and so are bunch of my friends. In none of the case I see founders are diverting funds for personal gratification. And most of the founders I know take lesser salary than their employees. Liquid cash is like ocean in desert. Unless startups have venture funding or huge revenues, its pointless to buy every device for every member of company.
  - chetankjain 14y ago
    I agree dm8, if you visit the blog again, I have updated point 7 and 8 there and now it better conveys what I wanted to highlight

by dm8 14y ago

chetankjain 14y ago

2. And the product visionary (or maybe one of the founders) rests in peace surfing the web)? 8. BYOD should be rolled out as a policy or an option. It should be communicated upfront and not taken as granted, while funds are diverted for personal gratification as in this case.

dm8 14y ago
2. "Product visionary" is the term thrown around nowadays. Much like "ninja" and "rockstars" in dev jobs listings. CEO is the product guy. And in an early stage startup (< 10 employees) he should actively code if he is technical. Or design (in case designer) or make sales pitches (if he is sales guy/gal). Its everyone's responsibility to contribute to product specs . Of course CEO/Founder should be leading that effort. BYOD - I'm part of founding team and so are bunch of my friends. In none of the case I see founders are diverting funds for personal gratification. And most of the founders I know take lesser salary than their employees. Liquid cash is like ocean in desert. Unless startups have venture funding or huge revenues, its pointless to buy every device for every member of company.
- chetankjain 14y ago
  I agree dm8, if you visit the blog again, I have updated point 7 and 8 there and now it better conveys what I wanted to highlight