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A lot of bias against startups in the comments. These are missing (1) how terrible the working conditions in bigco have become in the meantime (2) truly good s
by whiplash451 1y ago
A lot of bias against startups in the comments. These are missing (1) how terrible the working conditions in bigco have become in the meantime (2) truly good startups (they exist) that pay solid base salaries
- toomuchtodo 1y agoThe odds are clear as day. ~90% of startups fail, and the truly good ones are very rare. Do small pockets of good exist? Yes, absolutely. But most of the startup ecosystem is convincing employees to grind for peanuts until founders and investors (whether that's accelerators or institutional) hit liquidity (if ever). Of course, if you find the unicorn (good comp, target work life balance, meaningful work [to you]), hold on tight and don't mess it up. https://www.marketsentiment.co/p/the-yc-report https://www.marketsentiment.co/p/the-yc-report https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42828198 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42828198
- Muromec 1y agoDepends on a big co. You can skip all the drama try harding and work in a boring place too.
- xvector 1y agoAt least you get paid in bigco and you don't have to worry about your equity being snatched from under you.