Re:Leaving Stripe
by saikat on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @01:56PM
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Greg's not a founder of Stripe. And who asks that question?
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Re:Leaving Stripe
by adrianpike on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @02:10PM
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Many interviewers have asked me that question.
I generally reply openly about my ten-year plan, I promise that it's going to change, and I restate how large a challenge it is to maintain excitement and interest at their company for the next ten years of my life.
YC for one.
Of founders or employees?
I think it's a pretty pedantic distinction in Greg's case and not germane to the point.
I feel that either you misunderstood me or I misunderstand you. I'm leaning towards the first option.
By which I mean - There's a distinction between the kind of interview that happens between a founder and an investor and the one that happens between an employee and an employer. I wouldn't be surprised if an investor asked that kind of question, but if an employer did, I would think it was rather arrogant.
They ask it of founders. I thought you meant the point was irrelevant because Greg Brockman wasn't there at the very beginning.
> They ask it of founders.
Correct, so it isn't relevant here. Please stop taking this thread off topic.
If we imagine Greg was a founder what would be different exactly?
(Also I'm curious, does anything I have said in this thread count as "gratuitously negative"?)
I'd be happy to discuss this with you at [email protected], but don't want to take the thread further off topic.