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Fair enough. Then I would like to see the speech from the employee who jumped ship from their stable job at BigCorp to a startup that went bust 6 months later.
by rgbrenner 14y ago
Fair enough. Then I would like to see the speech from the employee who jumped ship from their stable job at BigCorp to a startup that went bust 6 months later. Or the person who works at the slow-growth startup where little exciting happens because the company never really goes viral (or whatever), but he's still expected to work 60 hours a week.
The chances that the startup you go to work for is the next GitHub is incredibly small.
- aeontech 14y agoI think your viewpoint is unduly pessimistic. Yes, if you're a Java programmer at a BigCorp, you can be making considerably more than a programmer at a startup. But a programmer at a startup is still making considerably more than average income in this country. Yes, some startups are badly managed and burn out their employees. But I've seen plenty of death marches at BigCorps - witness the tales of terror from the game industry especially. In the end it's up to you to judge the company for both human and career aspects, and to choose wisely who you work for. In ten years of working in the bay area, I have not regretted working for startups once. In short - mileage will vary.
- the_economist 14y agoA talented programmer won't be out of work for long if the startup he works for fails.
- rhizome 14y agoThat sounds like a tautology to me: if they wind up being out of work for long, then they aren't a talented programmer?