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>If you join a company, my general advice is to join a company on a breakout trajectory. There are a usually a handful of these at a time, and they are usually
by doctorpangloss 13y ago
>If you join a company, my general advice is to join a company on a breakout trajectory. There are a usually a handful of these at a time, and they are usually identifiable to a smart young person.
>Working on something good will pull you along a path where good things keep happening to you.
So his advice is, to boil it down, "Do successful stuff, but hopefully it's obvious to you what is going to be successful."
- imsky 13y agoYeah, I noticed that, too. "Just be an expert at identifying successful startups early and get a job there."
- ryandrake 13y agoBy the time you've identified that a company is truly that one out of a thousand that are on a breakout trajectory, it's too late, they've already got 50 other employees who will have all the equity. Basically, the advice boils down to, "Spin the startup roulette wheel or go join Microsoft for 30K more salary." VCs can increase their odds of lucking into the rocket ship growth company by investing in 100 companies. I can't work for 100 companies simultaneously.