I call them anointed vs. forged success, and agree on the one that's becoming more valuable (having done a bit of both)...https://also.roybahat.com/how-to-take-career-risks-when-the-safe-options-look-so-good-273b43cbdf0e?gi=4ce68e851ba5 …
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I'm confused about how much "I worked at Google!" helps with fundraising — the story on the ground seems to be that VCs want an AppAmaGooFaceSoft resume, but maybe that's re: teams rather than *founders.* I've heard from some that >5 years as an employee is a negative signal
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Maybe akin to university — good to be desired by MIT/Stanford, not necessarily good and possibly bad to show a willingness to play that game for too long
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Replying to @webdevMason @patio11
My view: it depends. No company is a monolith. Being at Google for 10 years as first job and eventually transferring into a group where you took a risk and built something, great. X? Great. Google for Google's sake, I could care less. Also depends on what startup does...
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Twitter, FB, InstaG, and Goog are cush corporate jobs with structure and reliable, high pay, time off, and work hours... the opposite of Startup culture even though they originated as Startups. Imagine hiring a Harvard PhD to lead your cattle drive in 1870!
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Except then explain why good founders often come from them (like, um, founder of Insta)
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People and rules are allergic to each other
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In general, people are not reducible to binary features; stories are of limited use, but at least transparently so, checklists hide their subjectivity under the hood
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