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Re:Hopping too many startups in a row? by muzani on Sunday October 20, 2024 @11:07PM (#41900344)
Meanwhile I've had 10 years of experience before my current job, only one of which is longer than a year. It's the nature of startups. I don't think it was ever held against me. If anything, some were only evaluating FAANG-style experience (usually ex-FAANG managers), but I wouldn't qualify for those anyway.

I would say riding a sinking ship is a negative for an employee - it's a world of pivots and rapid change. You shouldn't be too loyal to an idea, and likely that extends to loyalty to a company. For a founder level person, they are expected to see it through to the end, and do graceful shutdowns when it is doomed.

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Re:Hopping too many startups in a row? by tonyedgecombe on Monday October 21, 2024 @06:17AM (#41902568)
That's more like contracting than a full time position.
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Re:Hopping too many startups in a row? by muzani on Monday October 21, 2024 @09:44AM (#41904103)
Yeah, that's a better way of putting it. I actually have them on resume as contracting because 1 page resumes are abstractions. The details go into a 20 page portfolio. But if a company has 6 months of runway, I can't mentally consider it a full time position anyway.
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