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Working for a startup makes less sense

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Re: Working for a startup makes less sense

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Post by willbw »

While I understand your sentiment, there is a 2015 Dan Luu article which goes into far more depth saying basically the same thing: https://danluu.com/startup-tradeoffs/

I can see you just started writing on this blog so I don't want to discourage you, but I was struck by the formatting of your notes page and this post being so similar to Dan's along with the topic and content of this post. Keep writing but I would maybe suggest something with more of an original spin.

Re: Working for a startup makes less sense

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Post by [deleted] »

willbw wrote: post #3

While I understand your sentiment, there is a 2015 Dan Luu article which goes into far more depth saying basically the same thing: https://danluu.com/startup-tradeoffs/ I can see you just started writing on this blog so I don't want to discourage you, but I was struck by the formatting of your notes page and this post being so similar to Dan's along with the topic and content of this post. Keep writing but I would ma…

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Re: Working for a startup makes less sense

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Post by seattle_spring »

willbw wrote: post #3

While I understand your sentiment, there is a 2015 Dan Luu article which goes into far more depth saying basically the same thing: https://danluu.com/startup-tradeoffs/ I can see you just started writing on this blog so I don't want to discourage you, but I was struck by the formatting of your notes page and this post being so similar to Dan's along with the topic and content of this post. Keep writing but I would ma…

It wasn't mentioned specifically, but I assume this post was written as a general response to "Working for Microsoft cost me $200 million" [1], which has been at the top of HN for most of the day.

[1] https://blog.garrytan.com/working-for-microsoft-cost-me-200-...

Re: Working for a startup makes less sense

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Post by zainamro »

willbw wrote: post #3

While I understand your sentiment, there is a 2015 Dan Luu article which goes into far more depth saying basically the same thing: https://danluu.com/startup-tradeoffs/ I can see you just started writing on this blog so I don't want to discourage you, but I was struck by the formatting of your notes page and this post being so similar to Dan's along with the topic and content of this post. Keep writing but I would ma…

Thanks for the comment - this was more in response to the recent article as mentioned by seattle_spring but thanks for sharing Dan’s writing, will take a read. In terms of the similar design, I actually optimized for the least amount of HTML / CSS necessary to put readable text on a page, I guess resulting in a similar look.

Re: Working for a startup makes less sense

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Post by alasdair_ »

seattle_spring wrote: post #4

> Equity agreements should not be intentionally confusing or designed to screw over employees. Totally agree with this. Unfortunately I think there might be about 5 startups left if this idea were widely implemented.

There are a bunch of things that “good” startups can do (and ARE doing in my experience) to make early stage equity worth it. For example, instead of a 90 day limit after leaving the company to choose to exercise options, many good startups are now offering ten years.

Re: Working for a startup makes less sense

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Post by JKCalhoun »

rev0lutions wrote: post #7

I love how the article ranked right above this one is titled "Downsides to working at a tech giant".

LOL, I noticed as well.

As I was reading "Downsides to working at a tech giant" it occurred to me that the alternative to working for a tech giant is not necessarily a start-up: I would probably work for myself — freelance.

So, in fact the two articles can both be right. ;-)

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