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No. The engineers build the product. They do the actual work. Let's flip your 'reason' around: the engineers are the reason the VCs have a job at all, since the
by achierius 1y ago
No. The engineers build the product. They do the actual work. Let's flip your 'reason' around: the engineers are the reason the VCs have a job at all, since the entire point of the job is to find people building big things and funding them to get a cut. They are secondary, the actual product -- and the people who build it -- are what matters, morally and economically.
- thedevilslawyer 1y agoAn engineer in a non-startup also builds the project and does the actual work. It's not special. Trading money and opportunity cost for sweat is what makes it equity. Also, engineers are not the reason VCs have a job.
- const_cast 1y ago> Also, engineers are not the reason VCs have a job. How are they not? VCs don't actually do any productive work - they don't make anything. In order to invest in something, anything, you need the something. That's a pre-requisite for investing. Engineers build the product. Doesn't even just apply to software, this applies to everything.