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I guess it also helps to become irreplaceable and/or indispensable at something. There are employees at Google with hundred million dollar stock packages, but

by seiji 11y ago

I guess it also helps to become irreplaceable and/or indispensable at something. There are employees at Google with hundred million dollar stock packages, but those obviously aren't bottom-of-the-org-chart drones. You can either work hard for a lifetime single-company career and get there in 10-30 years, or you can try to hack your way upwards with startups and get acquired by the same company. (or, the even more daring option—create something of value as a startup and get your own team to help grow it.)

rev_bird 11y ago
I think it would be fun to be the type of person who throws startup-centric, hail-mary passes with my career, but now that I've actually gotten myself onto a track that I love, I've very quickly turned into the quarterback calling the end-around and screen-pass every play. I might win less, but I'm less likely to screw something up too badly.