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Re:Downsides to working at a tech giant by majormajor on Monday December 23, 2019 @05:49PM (#21868191)
> Absolutely no way new startups can play ball with those salaries

Are their ideas just not that promising, or are they just not raising enough money, or what?

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Re:Downsides to working at a tech giant by austenallred on Monday December 23, 2019 @08:20PM (#21869076)
Google has an ATM printing money in the basement. Startups do not.
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Re:Downsides to working at a tech giant by dragonwriter on Monday December 23, 2019 @11:01PM (#21869744)
> Google has an ATM printing money in the basement. Startups do not.

Venture capital is supposed to be (and certainly was a few years ago, though it may have gotten more conservative) the transfer pipeline between the money printing enterprises and the high-risk, high-reward startups that provides the unlimited cash the latter don't otherwise have while unlocking the return potential the former lack.

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Re:Downsides to working at a tech giant by austenallred on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @03:20AM (#21870692)
I mean my company raised $14 million from Google Ventures, so it’s working to some degree
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