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Once again, I'm struck by the sheer weight of cynicism here. Having worked at companies big and small, startups and behemoths, and now having founded my own s
by chetanahuja 13y ago
Once again, I'm struck by the sheer weight of cynicism here.
Having worked at companies big and small, startups and behemoths, and now having founded my own startup, the feeling of autonomy, owning your own destiny, is very very real. That is not to say that many startups don't go down in flames and cause pain to founders and employees. But the implication that all founders are naive fools being somehow scammed into this lifestyle is patently false (and offensive to me, but I don't expect anybody to care about that part)
- mattlutze 13y agoThe article's audience, I would contend, is not founders or 1st engineers but is the collection of folks that idealize the start-up industry without understanding the economies of it. That you feel insulted by the thesis suggests you're squarely in the former set.