Re:Why we're a titleless startup
by prodigal_erik on Friday April 23, 2010 @01:48AM
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This. In a followup, the author writes
> The types of people that are going to come to us and demand large titles they can stick on their resumé now aren’t primarily concerned with building a company; they’re worried about building themselves.
which I see as a mistake. No matter how little I'm thinking about another job search, to knowingly sabotage it before it starts would be foolish. I can't gamble that your startup is going to see me through to retirement. (I've never worked for a fifty-year-old company; have you?)
> The types of people that are going to come to us and demand large titles they can stick on their resumé now aren’t primarily concerned with building a company; they’re worried about building themselves.
which I see as a mistake. No matter how little I'm thinking about another job search, to knowingly sabotage it before it starts would be foolish. I can't gamble that your startup is going to see me through to retirement. (I've never worked for a fifty-year-old company; have you?)