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So me it is all truth... I mean, your 2) point is critical: I am in Brazil, I am in a startup because I had no choice, and although I am getting paid with some

by speeder 13y ago

So me it is all truth... I mean, your 2) point is critical: I am in Brazil, I am in a startup because I had no choice, and although I am getting paid with someone else money, if the startup crashes, I will go down with it, and go down I mean, get in worse situation than I already am... currently I am struggling to pay my rent and food, if my startup fails, I won't be able to pay rent and food, at all, considering my parents are having money issues too, this mean most likely I would experience real starvation, something that I am not much keen on experiencing.

eru 13y ago
> I am in Brazil, I am in a startup because I had no choice [...] Would emigration be an option? Since you are on HN, I assume you can program. There are lots of companies in lots of places world wide looking for talent, and paying for it.
- speeder 13y ago
  Well, I tried, but I don't figured yet how to do it... Seemly people don't want remote that is not already in the US, and H1B is very hard to get or something. Also I don't figured how to get in other countries.
argonaut 13y ago
Here's probably why rdl and a lot of people on HN disagree with the article. In SV, being at a funded startup as an engineer often (not always) means you left or declined a big company job, a job which is often higher-paying (in base salary). And if the startup fails, there will be no negative effect on your career, unless you failed for malicious reasons (e.g. blew investor's money on parties). If you are a founder, your startup experience will be perfectly valid experience to other companies. If you are an engineer, you will get a new job in no time (in the current climate). The reason SV is relevant is because the article is specifically talking about YC.