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Re:How to Not Get Screwed over as a Software Engineer by dboreham on Thursday November 02, 2023 @01:44PM (#38117343)
Wasn't it jwz who first widely pointed this out: startup stock is a lottery ticket. Nobody should take 1/2 wages because their boss gave them a lottery ticket.
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Re:How to Not Get Screwed over as a Software Engineer by Zelphyr on Thursday November 02, 2023 @02:08PM (#38117687)
And then, hilariously, he said, "I just happened to have won that particular lottery."
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Re:How to Not Get Screwed over as a Software Engineer by pseudalopex on Thursday November 02, 2023 @03:11PM (#38118546)
Why is it hilarious?
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Re:How to Not Get Screwed over as a Software Engineer by neilv on Thursday November 02, 2023 @03:22PM (#38118672)
And then his accountant/advisor said something like, "If you'd told me you were going to buy a nightclub, there are easier ways to lose all your money."
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Re:How to Not Get Screwed over as a Software Engineer by mistrial9 on Thursday November 02, 2023 @03:48PM (#38119001)
you know the best way to have a million dollars in the Rock'n Roll world?

A. start with two million !

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Re:How to Not Get Screwed over as a Software Engineer by neilv on Friday November 03, 2023 @03:47PM (#38134047)
In JWZ's case, IIRC, he actually had this exchange with an accountant/advisor.

But it seems to have worked out OK for him.

Andreessen has made a lot more money since then, but JWZ got to build up many aspects of something cool that he cared about, and also occasionally still write some code on the side.

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Re:How to Not Get Screwed over as a Software Engineer by Zelphyr on Thursday November 02, 2023 @04:11PM (#38119375)
I guess you have to see it first-hand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q7FTjhvZ7Y
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Re:How to Not Get Screwed over as a Software Engineer by andrewflnr on Thursday November 02, 2023 @08:25PM (#38122512)
That's an hour-long video. Do you have a timestamp?
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Re:How to Not Get Screwed over as a Software Engineer by andrewflnr on Thursday November 02, 2023 @03:53PM (#38119103)
I don't get the hilarity either. Just sounds like a small dose of self-awareness.
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