Re:Big Tech Companies Pounce as the Allure of Startups Fades
by ryandrake on Monday November 14, 2016 @11:31AM
(#12950893)
Wow, great comment. You've put to words a lot of what now keeps me away from start-ups. It's no longer "probably financially rewarding" to be employee number 30. Seems like in earlier cycles (1990s and before), the cream was spread much more evenly among the people taking the career risk, where now, it's almost entirely captured by founders and investors.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Big Tech Companies Pounce as the Allure of Startups Fades
by sulam on Monday November 14, 2016 @12:04PM
(#12951249)
The cream has never been evenly spread. It likely never will be, although it could be improved. In order to evenly spread it, you have to be able to measure contribution. Good luck with that.
Previously VCs got most of the cream, founders got to ride out the public markets for their pay day, and early employees had to hope they were working at a Microsoft.