Work Hard. Burn Out. Don't Get Rewarded
Work Hard. Burn Out. Don't Get Rewarded
Smart people doing cool stuff in a lot of different areas. Peculiar ways may seem strange at first, but [it's] a great learning experience. Lots of opportunity on paper.
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The constant pressure – not a place if you have a family or any other sort of life.
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Frugality – used to justify being tight, while burning money by not being clever.
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Pay – the stock vesting schedule and the 401(k) matching vesting are designed around the assumption you will quit before 2 years are up, so all those promises are worthless. Sadly, thanks to #1, the turnover seems to average at under 18 months. Healthcare, compared to others in the industry, also sucks.
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Promotion and transfer are really difficult despite what they say.
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Outsourcing everything to India... helps #2, but nothing else.
Constant turnover is not a good thing. A wiki does not even begin to approach having real experience. Easy up on people a little. Seriously, pay people better and stop boasting about how many billionaire VPs there are. Knowing it'll take a decade to get there with stock vesting schedules isn't motivating.
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