thrwwy20120508

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by thrwwy20120508 14y ago
Thanks for your input, I do appreciate your insight. I will argue that it's not just a 70% chance that I'm a cynic -- I'll admit that I am a cynic. It's something that I'll have to work on.
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by thrwwy20120508 14y ago
> But do you plan on showing that post to any potential employers? I probably won't say it in the way I wrote the post, since I think it will be open to misinterpretation that might close some doors unnecessarily. But I will definitely
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by thrwwy20120508 14y ago
I'll take your assessment at face value. What you said needed to be said, though I assure you that I harbor no illusions of startup-land being a worker's paradise. That said, I'm not sure I understand -- what level of "maturity" do you exp
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by thrwwy20120508 14y ago
I'm not saying that I can't handle pressure, but I firmly believe that just calling yourself a startup does not give you latitude to overwork your employees. It is now 6:45 pm and there are only 12 people in our office. We have 65 people t
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by thrwwy20120508 14y ago
For the record, I think I wrote enough in the original post to show that I'm highly skeptical of startups that claim to have awesome work environments. That said, the community response has definitely been helpful for me to figure out some
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by thrwwy20120508 14y ago
> There are silly startups because people (for one reason or another) are willing to invest in them, and generally those folks aren't the founders. I don't think I'd be happy at a company whose own founders don't believe in their missio
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by thrwwy20120508 14y ago
I'm not painting with a wide brush here, I'm just acknowledging that blind faith in PG's stamp of approval is insufficient to make any determination of whether a particular company is worthwhile or not. I'm sure there's quite a few well-ru
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by thrwwy20120508 14y ago
I appreciate your perspective and reassurance, and I agree with nearly everything you said, but wow, that's a pretty damning view of things. You made it sound like I've missed the boat that left in 2006! I do feel a bit antsy that once we
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by thrwwy20120508 14y ago
> Lastly one of the biggest lessons someone pointed out to me is we teach other people how to treat us. If someone calls you at 10pm at night and asks you to do something and you do it. You have just confirmed to that person this is ok.
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by thrwwy20120508 14y ago
> if you have the financial risk tolerance to work at a startup, why not start your own company instead? I don't think I'm ready for that yet, and I'd like to think that working at a startup will better prepare me for starting my own. W
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by thrwwy20120508 14y ago
> By the way, my friend had an offer at a VC darling, for 60% of the salary he was making but about 0.25% of the company. When he asked if there were preferences against that equity, the offer was rescinded. I don't know if this is norm
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I burned out at BigCo. Am I a fool for thinking I can avoid this at a startup?
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by thrwwy20120508 14y ago
> Start-ups have their pick of motivated young professionals, and they’re certainly not afraid of personnel shake-ups. Showing that you can easily roll with the punches is one way to ensure your success. This seems to be at odds with th