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It goes both ways. If anything, I would argue that employees have way more cancel power than founders, and it's far more common for employees to get their founders in trouble than …

When Coinbase's circumstances changed, they offered a 4 month severance - even for people who never worked there a single day. I am not implying that there are no good reasons why …

> 58 days is under two months I engaged with you on a good faith basis that you're genuinely curious about the point I am trying to make. The above comment makes it clear that you'…

> I also don't think accepting an offer and later declining because you found higher comp elsewhere is dishonest. It truly is for one very simple reason - you accept and the hiring…

Let's pray. But let's not count on it.

The OP made it sound like it's not a big deal to do what he did. My reaction is based on that context.

There's also a lot of middle ground: - a friend is looking to take a bet on this guy in his company. - we're looking for new members for our camp and this guy shows up. - a female …

> out of how many times? Let's do the math. YC has had 378 exits out of 4314 investments [0], so roughly 9% so far. Most investments have been made recently enough that those compa…

Not sure why it was necessary to put SV startup CEO into quotation marks. Also funny that you think that somehow Bezos and Elon are struggling. And lastly, screwing people over wil…

Extending a job offer to someone means you met with them on multiple occasions, remotely and in person. I know I am not going to forget their face in 10 years. Would I feel a bit l…

> If it takes 4 months to hire and onboard.. fix that It takes an average of 58 days to hire an engineer in the US. [0] Add to that another two months to onboard them. [1] > Offer …

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No need to apologize - what you're sharing is the accepted truism. And yes, it makes it hard to compete for the same talent that's also considering FAANG. I will be even more blunt…

I would be ok with just "honest."

Sure, if you couldn't care less about your job, then why care about anyone else screwing you over in your job? But let's see if the inverse is true as well. If you deeply deeply de…

Elsewhere in this thread I pointed out that you would want to future proof your actions for the rest of your career. I wouldn't bet on the visibility of my actions being the same t…

I like how you minimize the ethical implications by calling it a business decision. I do agree that screwing over a family member is different than screwing over a colleague, but l…

I met more tech friends at burning man than any other place outside my workplaces.

I've been a startup founder for the last 20 years, and the short answer is yes. I did exactly that same thing in 2020 to help onboard someone in February who we otherwise wouldn't …

I could respond with something equally snarky, but that would detract from the point I am trying to make. I would recommend you reread my message and try not to take it personally …

Great, that's n = 1. For comparison, I would have never ever reached out to you again. And if I met you in the hallway at some other place, I would have made sure that everyone kno…

> Based on 365 operating days per year and 90% CO2 draw-down efficiency, we expect to capture 37 tCO2 in the first year. I wonder what the business model here looks like. I suppose…

The irony here is that so many Americans will say "I'll move to Canada if things don't get better here." None of them have ever lived in Canada (or any other country), and just ass…

Whoever complains about slavery in the US should look up the 996 working hour system in China (spoiler: 72 hours per week). Why compare ourselves to China and not to a place like A…

> Amazon is not even close to bottom of the barrel. What would you define as the bottom of the barrel then? There has to be a sensible threshold that delineates between 1) "I encou…