Re:First Week as a SWE at a VC
by tanseydavid on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @03:17PM
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>> what's the surprise? Sounds like a normal startup work.
The surprise is the asymmetrical expectations.
I would not expect a paycheck from the new company during the in-between-jobs vacation time (which I pre-arranged before accepting the new position).
I would expect them to think that such an "ask" is outrageous bordering on insane.
And then there is the normalization of wage-theft through manipulation.
To clarify my position: while this may represent a type of startup work that is very commonplace there is nothing at all normal about it -- it is just a clever form of stealing.
The surprise is the asymmetrical expectations.
I would not expect a paycheck from the new company during the in-between-jobs vacation time (which I pre-arranged before accepting the new position).
I would expect them to think that such an "ask" is outrageous bordering on insane.
And then there is the normalization of wage-theft through manipulation.
To clarify my position: while this may represent a type of startup work that is very commonplace there is nothing at all normal about it -- it is just a clever form of stealing.