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There were a lot of preferable options for connected, generally non-technical people after the dot-com implosion, for the first ~15 years of the 2000's. I joine
by skeeter2020 2y ago
There were a lot of preferable options for connected, generally non-technical people after the dot-com implosion, for the first ~15 years of the 2000's. I joined a comp sci grad and his engineer brother in a software startup because we couldn't get jobs with an established company, big corp, investment bank or other much more likley "sure thing". The equation has completely changed, and the startup landscape with it.
- jorvi 2y agoStartups went from “let’s become the next Google” to “let’s get acquired by Google”. FAANG+ have become way too big and have effectively become a multi-opoly (oxymoron and a half) that has ossified the entire market.
- bulletsvshumans 2y agoOligopoly is a close word.
- AbstractH24 2y agoBut two decades earlier couldn’t you say the same thing about Microsoft? It’s part of the cycle.