News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Why I quit working at a startup. Parent comment

Re:Why I quit working at a startup by ajju on Friday May 03, 2013 @05:42AM (#5649514)
There is a huge difference between "smartest person in the room" and "best in the room at platform X". I'd be curious to see if the author is making the former claim or the latter.

The reality is that any "lead" role at a startup requires you to be the best in the room at your specialty.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Why I quit working at a startup by vashishthajogi on Friday May 03, 2013 @12:47PM (#5651044)
To be clear I meant "Smartest person in the room at platform X". Didn't mean to leave out that detail.

> The reality is that any "lead" role at a startup requires you to be the best in the room at your specialty.

Yes, it requires you to be the best in the room, but before joining I didn't honestly know what it would be like to be a lead (and only) developer for that platform x. After working for a few months I realized that being a lead so early in my career is not what I want. I still have to learn a lot things before I cab be an effective lead and lead a team of developers.

[ Parent | on HN ]