Re:How to Not Get Screwed over as a Software Engineer
by satvikpendem on Thursday November 02, 2023 @01:55PM
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Not really, it's better to just start your own startup instead, there is not much need to spend years as a founding engineer before becoming a founder, you might learn some skills but it's nothing you can't learn yourself, as evidenced by the people who are first time founders who did not previously work at a startup. If you get to some scale and get acquired (or even shut down), you can leverage that for future higher positions that a founding employee would not get you.
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Re:How to Not Get Screwed over as a Software Engineer
by Berone on Thursday November 02, 2023 @02:51PM
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It just depends on if you have the background and talent to warrant that role. I think that is an exceptional case for someone to get funding and support to build a venture without any operating experience.
Re:How to Not Get Screwed over as a Software Engineer
by lazide on Thursday November 02, 2023 @03:17PM
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If operating == running an existing similar company, then almost no successful founders I’m aware of had such experience before hand, did they?
Re:How to Not Get Screwed over as a Software Engineer
by satvikpendem on Thursday November 02, 2023 @04:15PM
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Most companies that YC and other VCs fund are by first-time founders, mostly those who have not been in other startups. Like the other commenter said, the path to being a founder is actually founding.