• @InverseParallax
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    5017 days ago

    Thank you, that’s basically how I feel.

    Also, the startup I’m at just had 2 co-founders leave, so yeah, this is a real vibe.

    • @cm0002
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      5417 days ago

      Also, the startup I’m at just had 2 co-founders leave

      That’s a resume generating event

    • Flying SquidOP
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      2017 days ago

      Oh shit, is your job safe?

      • @InverseParallax
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        2617 days ago

        Hah, no, but I’m good otherwise.

        Talking to friends about starting one of my own ideas, reached an age where digging through the dirt is still fun, but I think I should be doing more.

        Thanks for the concern :) , I rarely join startups because I think they have a chance to succeed, it’s just the only place you can get stuff done and have a good time, big companies are… Horrifying :( Google might have been the worst.

        I need to get off my ass really.

        • Flying SquidOP
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          1217 days ago

          Well that’s good to hear. Too many people get fucked over by startups too often.

          • @InverseParallax
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            1017 days ago

            Haha, those co-founders got fairly well screwed, but startups are a bit like a lottery ticket to me: huge risk, pretty decent potential reward.

            The only difference is if you’re careful, you come out having learned things.

        • Bizzle
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          417 days ago

          I just started a business after getting laid off from Deere, 10/10 can recommend.

          • @InverseParallax
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            517 days ago

            Thanks, I am just so… silicon valley has a lot of used-car salesmen around, and I’m nervous about getting screwed over by a co-founder. Not good at the whole “don’t fuck with me” thing, either come off as a pushover or a psycho, never worked out the subtlety of a middle ground :(

          • @toynbee
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            217 days ago

            What is your business doing?

        • Echo Dot
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          316 days ago

          Absolutely on the whole not being able to get stuff done front. The main reason I’m quitting where I currently work is because it’s impossible to do the most basic of tasks without having 40 meetings about it and it being delayed by 6 months for no apparent reason.

          • @InverseParallax
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            116 days ago

            The main reason I’m quitting where I currently work is because it’s impossible to do the most basic of tasks without having 40 meetings about it and it being delayed by 6 months for no apparent reason.

            Similar, one issue for me is that I am not great at all the modern task-tracking systems, I can do them, but they take far more energy for me than the actual work itself.

            And the more people I have to work with, the slower I work, I can just go by myself, but when I have to keep coordinating I just bog down and get discouraged.

        • @Num10ck
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          317 days ago

          congrats you just started your own today. go boldly.

          • @InverseParallax
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            417 days ago

            Thanks a lot for the support! I really need to get off my lazy ass.

            Social… Anything is not my strong suit, but if I can find some guys who do that good, I should be set.

            • @Num10ck
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              317 days ago

              social media? like marketing/awareness? or are you talking about professional networking to find talent?

              • @InverseParallax
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                217 days ago

                No, like… talking and dealing with people is not my strong suit, I’m a hardcore engineer to the point of autism :(

                • @Num10ck
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                  317 days ago

                  cool what kind of engineering do you do?

                  • @InverseParallax
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                    317 days ago

                    Chip architecture/design, etc. Was AI, but also supercomputers in the past, that was fun. Current company is a bit different, but I really liked my boss during the interview, he was cool.

                    Love the job, not the kind of thing you can do without kissing a lot of ass for a lot of capital.

    • @blazeknave
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      216 days ago

      My old boss is looking and she’s a great CEO. what company?