#!process starting to realize how risky

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worldly river
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u got into yc as a founder or joining one as a founding eng?

pure geyser
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u doin work trial rn?

sharp pelican
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honestly so fckn risky to do it bro, if u leave or get fired in < 2Y ur not qualified for mid level AND u can’t recruit for ng

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or if the company just goes under

worldly river
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u can probs recruit senior swe or better and also get like other top startup swanting u

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or maybe even get into yc urself

sharp pelican
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i’m curious how recruiters view engineer at startup yc

worldly river
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people glaze yc a lot

sharp pelican
worldly river
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im curious too im going to a startup

sharp pelican
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that’s only mfs our age that really care

worldly river
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but i feel like its the same with all startups like a meta recruiter doesnt know wtf yc means

sharp pelican
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i rlly doubt recruiters care much ab yc

sharp pelican
worldly river
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i can tell u thats def not true but not recruiters

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like

sharp pelican
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that’s my point tho

worldly river
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other execs founders of good startups

sharp pelican
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ok

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ya

worldly river
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whast the startup im curious

sharp pelican
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if u wanna keep getting passed around at startups

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yes it’ll work

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but if u wanna go to startup and then another company then ur fucked

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yea sorta agree

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it’s a huge fucking decision and im def rethinking it

worldly river
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also, if ur getting enough equity its the same as getting into yc as a founder urself - im assuming you/almost anyone in this server would take that

sharp pelican
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like mid tier f500 may be better than founding eng at yc backed IF ng (huge conditional on ng status)

gritty hornet
sharp pelican
worldly river
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its not worthless

sharp pelican
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monopoly money in most cases

worldly river
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if u raise well but dont liquidate -> amazing rep ur gonna get hired elsewhere for a great package

else -> money

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if u dont raise then yeah ur cooked

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but i think u will get other startups idk

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im very curious too

sharp pelican
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i mean yea that’s why a lot of people only got for series a or ++++

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but most startups recruiting ng are series a or less

sharp pelican
worldly river
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mostly B C imo

sharp pelican
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i wanna find someone who went to a seed startup from ng and how that turned out / recruiting after

worldly river
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same here - for a failed startup

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i watched this yt video actually

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its pretty popular if u search it u will find it

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this guy finds out what failed yc startup founders did after

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seemed like a lot ended up joining other yc startups from their batch

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altho i think u could also do L4-5 big tech swe with a referral etc.

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if u have good internships/school u shd be fine imo

azure ocean
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U can def recruit for entry level industry hire

sharp pelican
azure ocean
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There is recruiting for entry level beyond just new grad

azure ocean
sharp pelican
azure ocean
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You’d be a bit behind but it’s not the end of the world

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Search up entry level software job you’ll find hundreds

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And I’ve seen non new grad E3s are places like meta and SpaceX

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It’s def harder than new grad , but not impossible

worldly river
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i feel like palantir or something like that would interview u

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also whatever the startups industry is in will hire u

sharp pelican
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LMFAO

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lmfao name drop

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yea very valid point

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it’s honestly a fckn pickle

slender forum
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Is it a well known yc startup? Like what stage are they at?

sharp pelican
slender forum
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Oh yeah shit might be wraps

sharp pelican
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they have enterprise customers and they have good background but not super cracked

slender forum
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I mean I’d say if Series B+ then derisked af

sharp pelican
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but their ideology is not raising until they really need the cash which i’ve heard mixed sentiment ab online

slender forum
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Cuz then equivalent (depending on founder creds) to some big tech imo

sharp pelican
slender forum
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Do yk their revenue?

sharp pelican
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i will next call

slender forum
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Yeah you def should, I think if their heavy in the green you’ll prolly be fine tbh

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Are founders cracked

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What are their creds keeping it general

sharp pelican
slender forum
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Did they exit?

sharp pelican
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i’m gonna do an irl trial, only making them pay for my flight

slender forum
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Oh I mean if they exited

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I think very good sign

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Tbh good hands then

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Bc think about it like if this goes to shit you’ll be able to jump to a better startup and I think top ceiling for startups far higher than normal big tech or even quant tbh

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Like in terms of name Val, money, etc

sharp pelican
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ya valid valid

slender forum
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whats the salary base range?

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I think that says a lot too

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plus if founders are older always a good sign imo

merry temple
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best thing is to go faang 2 years then yc

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unless u know deep down this startup is gonna go off

true prism
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what was their seed and where is it based

vale locust
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but also from companies series b - d idk about seed

bronze birch
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the fact that it’s YC backed shouldn’t mean much, u need to make the decision based on funding, revenue, users, what u actually think about the founders etc, not YC. YC alone is not a good indicator, they fund super early stage

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like YC casts a net, even if they alr take cream of the crop

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sorry didnt read entire thread

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but thatbis my two cents