Working for startups sucks, you'll be happier working for The Man

Re:Working for startups sucks, you'll be happier working for... by keeptrying on Thursday October 01, 2009 @02:25PM (#855493)

Its also possible that within a big company you can build stuff that no one uses. I've seen it many a time. And in a big company you lose that other important thing ... whats that called ?? ... Oh yeah ... your soul. As you ascend the ranks its just one big political game.

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Re:Working for startups sucks, you'll be happier working for... by tptacek on Thursday October 01, 2009 @02:27PM (#855501)

That's not an argument, it's a My Chemical Romance song. If your work doesn't mean anything, you change jobs.

You can do everything right at a startup and still fail. In fact, even if you do everything right, you're probably still going to fail. You have many more opportunities to correct in a bigco career.

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Re:Working for startups sucks, you'll be happier working for... by borism on Thursday October 01, 2009 @02:39PM (#855530)

I agree with everything you said... except useful stuff part.

There is much more stuff being thrown out or made totally useless in a year at big companies than all failed start-ups have ever produced!

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Re:Working for startups sucks, you'll be happier working for... by cnlwsu on Thursday October 01, 2009 @03:49PM (#855665)

and they did not require someone else's money to lose it.

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Re:Working for startups sucks, you'll be happier working for... by jwhite on Thursday October 01, 2009 @09:59PM (#856278)

I don't think that's strictly true. A shareholder, somewhere, lost value. VC's are just shareholders that make riskier bets.

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