Unfortunately the world is a cruel place, and this guy wants freedom from it. I know, I took the 3-4 months off after quitting a job to do my own thing. I did earn a few dollars but nothing like what a business was willing to pay for my skills.
We'd all like to be free to do what we want to do, but in all honesty only a fraction of 1% ever get to. And even those people serve a master. Did I ever find the answer, no. I think what its going to take is a huge leap in what we call work.
It's great that you at least tried it. Takes guts to do so.
It's something I've always wanted to do, but been waiting for that next level of financial security before I do so. Problem is, every time I reach the target, I'm not satisfied with it and want to make a bit more money before I can back off. It's a vicious circle into an ever looming burn out.
I've taken at least 12 months off since 2000. 4 months, 3 months, 4 months and a month as 2 sabbaticals, one time between jobs and one as parental leave. I also take around 6-8 weeks holiday a year. I could do with the extra money but it's not essential and life feels good if you have time to pursue other interests. I enjoy technical work but I also enjoy the outdoors, sports, travel and spending time with my family.
We're in an industry which has a good demand for work and pays well. It's important to take advantage of that when you can.
People want some social proof that your community is worth joining. In other words, people like to follow the herd. The fact that you haven't launched tells me there really isn't a substantial community yet. Focus on a private launch of your closest friends or people you know are passionate about your topic. Then, allow those members to invite the next group through an invite system before opening it up to the public. This is how I built fotoblur.com to 60K members.
yup searched 'angular' and only recruiters showed up no _real_ companies. If I want to sift through a sea of recruiters, indeed does a great job of that.
Gents, it's in the subject. We're a new site and to be honest, it is difficult to attract and satisfy both job seekers and recruiters. We'll do our best to attract direct employers!
Sorry to disappoint you and thank you for an upvote!
By creating this thread, we were raising awareness among job seekers _and_ recruiters/direct employers (not just job seekers) but right now it's too early to judge.
A couple of direct employers signed up yesterday and we all can help each other by telling our employers about this site. Yeah, I know I need it more than you.
A few questions this raises for me. If the government does something illegal who is held accountable? Also, where does this leave Snowden? He essentially blew the whistle on a program finally deemed illegal.
What if you decided to wear noise canceling headphones to keep you in the flow of work? Which I actually think listening to music does. Your boss sounds like a dick-tator or you're working in some government office in communist China. Leave now.
I see a number of posts saying that you're probably not experienced or qualified enough to hold these other positions. However, I don't think the VP of Eng, Dev Mgr, or OPS Mgr could do what you do...essentially help start and build a company from day one.
Those skills you've developed don't have much value at your current company any longer. They are most likely keeping you around for historical value and once the systems you built get replaced its over pretty quick. Take those skills elsewhere and brand yourself as someone who takes a company from 2 to n employees.
Not everyone has your skill set so learn how to market them. I'm on my second company where I was an early hire. I learned that you're way more valuable in the beginning then you are at the end. Eventually I got pushed out by management types because I held on to the notion that I helped build this company and deserved something for it. Don't wait too long to realize it.
+1, witness how the company needs changed from generalists to specialists.
The experience is probably quite frustrating since every specialist they hire is supposed to handle their aspect of specialization better than you (otherwise why hire them?) - the support manager probably has better and more complicated pipelines for support, the ops guy probably owns various issues that were put on the backburner before.
Wrong way to think about it is try to squeeze yourself into a specialist position, and then keep wondering how did things get to be so bad.
Some right ways to think about it would include addressing some areas where specialization is missing (research? next-gen architectures?) or just moving on (to a different place).
Try to join when stock has low paper value, exercise the options immediately so there is no gain and no tax. Then you vest shares, rather than options, and can take them with you.
Not that many startups allow 83-b elections early on. It costs them a few $k when someone does this. It doesn't necessarily have to (it's just paper filed with the IRS by the employee), but that's what they're told and that's what they went through when they did their own 83-b paperwork. So that's what they think everyone needs to do. Honestly, there really aren't any legally required paperwork involved with 83-b, but the entire ycombinator crowd is convinced that there is. Perhaps it's bad knowledge by the YC figureheads?
Since this affects 100% of startups and can have a huge financial impact on early employees, one would expect it to receive more attention. Since some startups allow the election, it is clearly possible. It needs to be a standard part of compensation negotiations. Early employees can obtain independent, professional advice on the topic, rather than burdening their friendly neighborhood VC.
> Honestly, there really aren't any legally required paperwork involved with 83-b,
I've consulted with several good (by recommendation, and by their work on other issues) tax professionals, and each and every one stressed that without filing a 83-b election notice within 30 days of grant (and a copy with your returns) and paying the associated tax, you will NOT enjoy favorable 83-b treatment.
Do you claim they are wrong? How do you retroactively get 83-b treatment if you don't file in the first place?
This is great advice. I will also add that if you want a leadership role, model your resume around your leadership experience at this company. You've led a team of 10 people. So say that on your resume. It was your high water mark and you don't have to tell people that you're not leading 10 today. Go out and get that leadership role if that's what you want.
What's the financial outlook for this career path? I've always heard bad stories about early hires dealing with a below market salary(for a while) with worthless stock options. Is this a myth? It never made sense to me since I feel an early hire should make significantly more than average, since they don't have the power/equity advantage of a founder, probably have to work long hours, and a large part of the success of the company rides on their shoulders.
I skip breakfast everyday for the last 6 months and these were my results. Combined with weight training, I got down to 12% bf and lost 15 lbs while still gaining additional muscle mass. Skipping breakfast, keeping my eating window within an 8 hour period each day, while maintaining a 2000-3000 calorie/day consumption seemed to do the trick for me.
http://www.leangains.com/2010/04/leangains-guide.html
My most successful period of weight loss crammed all my eating into 1-2 hours of each day. No particular reason for it, it was just a little quicker to eat one snack plus one big meal. And maybe easier to stay disciplined with stricter rules.
With keto + calorie counting, I never felt overly hungry.
point is, would have there been any difference at all when you would not have skipped breakfast and instead maintained those amounts of calories by spreading them out more evenly during the day?
