I left uni. Got graduate job. Quit after 4 years to do ...

Absolutions: 10 • Condemnations: 5

05/19/2017

I left uni. Got graduate job. Quit after 4 years to do a startup. That was 8 years ago. None of my startups have made it. I look at my ex colleagues. All VPS, Directors, Senior VPs now.

10 absolve 5 condemn

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Anonymous #1:

All of them? Who's actually doing the work?

Anonymous #2:

Most startups fail. It's a gold rush that has passed. You're better off selling picks and shovels (ie. be a high prices contractor).

Anonymous #3:

So you're an idiot, got it.

Anonymous #4:

You're unhappy with yourself #3

Anonymous #5:

i feel the same way. i invested heavily in building a business that sold a saas solution and after three years, realized it was all bullshit and i was wasting my time. it is what it is.

Anonymous #6:

If you didn't get lots of shares in that startup, I agree probably yeah you wasted alot of time.

Anonymous #7:

...So what? Does it make them better persons than you are ? People care too much about titles and ranks in society, especially that it doesn't even show your real genius (example: Einstein was a patent clerc at 28)

Anonymous #7:

keep us update on your next startup. ...If you learnt from your failures that is. ;)

Anonymous #1:

@#7, so true... The problem is, the people with titles are getting the compensation and perks.

Anonymous #8:

Been at startups for the past 7 years and have experienced company instability, pivots, re-orgs, and mass firings. All the while having to endure terrible rhetoric about how we're changing the world because I wear 10 hats instead of 1 or 2. Next job is going to be some boring big corp with stability where I can coast.

Anonymous #9:

Does anyone agree with #2?

Anonymous #9:

Does anyone agree with #2?

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