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Re:Sick of these startup executives, painting a rosy picture... by smithmayowa on Saturday April 03, 2021 @05:53AM (#26679654)
So sick of this too, particularly the notion that you should be thankful and happy to work for a startup.

Do you believe strongly and are you passionate about what we are doing?

I'm like no dude I can code and want to get paid for it, do you ask if your plumber is very excited about fixing your toilet?

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Re:Sick of these startup executives, painting a rosy picture... by 2pEXgD0fZ5cF on Saturday April 03, 2021 @06:01AM (#26679696)
On top of that the whole masquerade of "We here at <generic startup company> want to make the world a better place and truly believe that". Marketing lies are one thing but being forced to repeat the ad slogans inside your work environment is just creepy.
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Re:Sick of these startup executives, painting a rosy picture... by Aeolun on Saturday April 03, 2021 @07:30AM (#26680132)
Plus they’ll be making something like ‘plumbing tools, but for dogs’.

Like, I’m happy you are paying me a lot of money to work for you, but don’t expect me to be excited about that.

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