I suppose I should still go get a lawyer right?
As for what went wrong, it's a case of both having a better offer (work at a startup) and burn out from bad experiences with other clients.
I received a lawyer's letter from one of my ex-clients (back when I was doing freelancing), demanding that I pay the fees of a new contractor that they're going to hire for a project which I did not complete previously.Prior to this, I had already refunded the full deposit that was paid to me, for not completing the project.It is an insane amount of money, and I do not know what to do now.
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But generally, I would agree that you should just spend some time on it, and move on to focus on building your product and getting it out to market fast to validate your assumptions and business model.
Sounded like a good deal as I was naive and this is my first time joining a startup and having to deal with all these equity thingy. Turns out after converting all preferred shares to common stock, there's virtually nothing much left.
That's so true. Kudos to you my friend.
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Well, I was planning to put this into a longer blog post but popular platforms (Wordpress, Tumblr, Posterous, etc.) are all blocked over here.Late last year, I was approached with an offer at a fast growing, profitable, pre-Series A startup that required me to relocate away from home.The timing was perfect, as I was recovering from a bout of burnout and I really wanted to take a break from...
I'm about to join a startup in which I will be granted options. However, I'm totally new to this so what are the details in the ESOP letter that I should take note of?
Hello HN,I've been invited to join a startup and I'm pretty keen on the idea so far. But I have a couple of qns that I need some help with.1. They are offering me equity. Should I take it? Or skip this and stick to a higher salary?2. They just closed a Series A and their product is already profitable. Is it polite for me to ask for figures?(I'm assuming figures will be helpful for me to...
I think the most important thing for you to do now, is to get rid of the depressed and suicide thoughts. It sure helps to talk to people about it.
I'm rather messed up as well, as I gave up several well paying jobs to pursue my own startup dreams which eventually failed and I went the freelancing route which didn't work out too.
Speaking to people about my situation lifted my mood considerably and I urge that you do the same too.
Sort out those emotional issues first, and slowly plan to get your career back on track. Suicide won't solve anything.
Get better soon dude.
For the past few years, I've been working alone from home, locked away in my room for the most part, and well lurking on HN.
I feel lifted to see the responses here.
My other problem now is that I have too much work on my plate that I have trouble completing. Previously I naively took on new projects as the older ones seem to be taking forever just to sign off on deliverables.
And honestly, there was the greed factor too - it was nice to receive the deposit to kickoff a new project since I've not been getting a salary for the past few years.
But now they are all coming back at the same time and I'm overwhelmed.
And with my diminishing interest in backend programming, I'm hoping to partner with a backend developer to help me out. Do drop me an email ([email protected]) if you are keen.
All in all, I feel really foolish about a lot of the mistakes I made during this freelancing period. I will be joining a VC funded startup for a full-time job after I'm done with my current contracts, hopefully that will put my career back on track.