Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="questor70" data-source="post: 1320970" data-attributes="member: 12560">I've worked for a few including currently over the course of the last 20+ years.&nbsp; I also got a big stock payout on one of them which I consider a lucky break.Startup life (and when I say startup I'm assuming you mean IT) is great for a young bachelor.&nbsp; The work-life balance sucks if you have a family or other interests but is fine if you really gel with your coworkers.&nbsp; The SJW critique about &quot;bro&quot; culture is (or at least was) true when it was peaking during dot com boom 1 and 2.&nbsp; Startups tended to be almost a direct outgrowth of a nerdy frathouse with a very blurry line between professional and personal life.&nbsp; While in general it's a meritocracy, those who developed strong social bonds with the movers and shakers wound up riding coat-tails to bigger and better things, often getting jobs way beyond their qualifications.&nbsp; It's sort of like Kathleen Kennedy syndrome.&nbsp; Get coffee for the boss long enough and you become the heir apparent.&nbsp; Those that succeed tend to lean more heavily on meritocracy than cronyism although some just get lucky and the people behind it were heaped with undo praise.&nbsp; If things have become havens for SJW-ism then I haven't been witness to it personally.&nbsp; Note, none of the startups I worked for were located in silicon valley, but most were in Southern California.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="questor70, post: 1320970, member: 12560"] I've worked for a few including currently over the course of the last 20+ years. I also got a big stock payout on one of them which I consider a lucky break. Startup life (and when I say startup I'm assuming you mean IT) is great for a young bachelor. The work-life balance sucks if you have a family or other interests but is fine if you really gel with your coworkers. The SJW critique about "bro" culture is (or at least was) true when it was peaking during dot com boom 1 and 2. Startups tended to be almost a direct outgrowth of a nerdy frathouse with a very blurry line between professional and personal life. While in general it's a meritocracy, those who developed strong social bonds with the movers and shakers wound up riding coat-tails to bigger and better things, often getting jobs way beyond their qualifications. It's sort of like Kathleen Kennedy syndrome. Get coffee for the boss long enough and you become the heir apparent. Those that succeed tend to lean more heavily on meritocracy than cronyism although some just get lucky and the people behind it were heaped with undo praise. If things have become havens for SJW-ism then I haven't been witness to it personally. Note, none of the startups I worked for were located in silicon valley, but most were in Southern California. [/QUOTE]

Verification