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[-] CodingCarpenter@lemm.ee 56 points 1 month ago

That's crazy to me because I had the exact opposite experience. I went in hoping for a certain amount, and they offered me knowing full well what I was hoping for, 20,000 more. Plus all the other benefits like video games and dogs at work. In fact I don't think I've ever had a bad experience with startups except that your job is essentially temporary cuz they will either close or sell

[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago

If they offered you 20,000 more than what you expected, might be you are underselling your actual worth and could have negotiated for more.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 29 points 1 month ago

Or they knew they weren't going to last more than 1 year, so why not spend all that tasty VC money?

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 5 points 1 month ago

Would be nice if true, but I guess those "extra" money would most commonly stay in tops' pockets

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

That or dumb money is just dumb, and if the cost of money is free, you can just guess at things that might work with thousands of monkeys hitting typewriters.

[-] Graphy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Hah I was about to say that only bad part of startups that I’ve had was that you weren’t sure if you’d have a job six months from now. I probably just got lucky and jumped on board during the “throw cash at everything phase”

this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2024
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