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Ask HN: Affected by the recent funding freeze / mass layoffs? Share your story
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Re: Ask HN: Affected by the recent funding freeze / mass layoffs? Share your story
#2Joined early stage startup. It was a thin AI wrapper.
The team was young and inexperienced but I wanted to believe in them. Too bad they did not want to believe in me. Laid off shortly after moving to San Francisco. First time I've ever had to break a lease. I also left the best job of my career to join them.
My advice to others; don't join startups before they've at least reach series B.
When you join a company that young there are other risks aside from the product itself. i.e Do they even know what roles they should be hiring for?
So many red flags that I missed: - emphasis on being in office when all the other engineers worked remote from the other side of the world - overly easy interview process - fake customers (Founder had connections in those companies)
Hopefully someone else can learn from my mistake.
Re: Ask HN: Affected by the recent funding freeze / mass layoffs? Share your story
#3Joined early stage startup. It was a thin AI wrapper. The team was young and inexperienced but I wanted to believe in them. Too bad they did not want to believe in me. Laid off shortly after moving to San Francisco. First time I've ever had to break a lease. I also left the best job of my career to join them. My advice to others; don't join startups before they've at least reach series B. When you join a company that…
Sorry that happened to you. It’s understandable that you would feel that way.
Re: Ask HN: Affected by the recent funding freeze / mass layoffs? Share your story
#4Joined early stage startup. It was a thin AI wrapper. The team was young and inexperienced but I wanted to believe in them. Too bad they did not want to believe in me. Laid off shortly after moving to San Francisco. First time I've ever had to break a lease. I also left the best job of my career to join them. My advice to others; don't join startups before they've at least reach series B. When you join a company that…
That's a bummer, I hope you're back on your feet.
The easy interview process has always bothered me. It hasn't entirely burned me yet, but I always feel uneasy if I don't feel challenged during an interview. Maybe it's some weird form of Stockholm Syndrome or something compared to the usual complete disrespect of resumes in our field.
Re: Ask HN: Affected by the recent funding freeze / mass layoffs? Share your story
#5Our team is fine. But hiring freeze means we have to stretch thin. I'm getting burnt out by the ad-hoc tasks and am researching how to coop with it.