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> The only realy reason to join a startup is that you either believe in the "mission" or that you believe it will bring you joy to work in that way.

If the goal is economic security (FU money) then the quickest path is to get a job at a big tech company. This requires engineering skills and also the ability to play the various corporate games (ugh).

For the rest of us there's entrepreneurship and joining startups.






But there are plenty of "startup games" to be played at startups. Maybe slightly different to corporate games, but also unnerving.

Having done both for a long time, I have to agree. However, generally, there's more choice as to whose games you want to play with startups. And being a startup with limited resources means there's only so many games that can be played before the noise overwhelms the signal and the company goes under (essentially a self correcting effect).

At big companies with lots of revenue the shenanigans can become fortresses of crazy (cough Google cough) that can go on forever.




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