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Something I've said for many years, long before I decided to do my own startup... "Jobs suck. That's why they pay you. If it didn't suck, they wouldn't have to
by beat 13y ago
Something I've said for many years, long before I decided to do my own startup... "Jobs suck. That's why they pay you. If it didn't suck, they wouldn't have to pay you." It's advice I would give the friends of my teenage children, and friends of mine in their 20s who were trying to decide what to do when they grew up (lots of them artists/creatives who were frustrated with poverty).
So if you're doing a startup, the question you need to ask yourself is "Why?". Why not just get a job? It's not hard for smart IT people to get good paying middle class work. A good place to start is Noam Wasserman's question "Rich or King?".
If your goal is to get rich, then think seriously about doing what I'm recommending here, and latching onto a solid, reliable businessperson with good ideas to disrupt an existing business.
- fleitz 13y agoDefinitely agree, my goal is to be wealthy. eg. The rich have money, the wealthy have time. That's basically what I'm doing in the finance space, got a domain expert on the sell side with money, I know the compliance side and how to relate to both labour and money (as well as code). Hired a designer so it doesn't look like crap and a coder so I'm not going to be stuck at the keyboard forever. Btw, your company looks really interesting, just signed up for your list. As they say, don't dig for gold, sell shovels.
- beat 13y agoIt'll look a lot more interesting once the next rev of the website comes out, but right now I'm deep in coding mode. :) The code is telling me a lot about the product. Looking to go into beta in late spring at this rate. Drop me an email and I'll tell you more!