About me: 25M working in a super early stage startup for 1yr.
The startup is only 2 yrs old with seed funding. 2 pivots, but none worked. The 3rd pivot is interesting and we still don't know if it'll work
I want to understand the life of an Early employee, how do you manage to keep hope, or when to call it quits?
Have vested esops. Also feel if I can get 1.5X cash salary if i switch
In case you are being underpaid, Investing time in early stage startups if you are given a head of X(product) role is a gamble. Investing time in a startup while being underpaid as just another PM is worse than gambling.
Been working with a pre series A level startup for about 3 years being my first job. Paid about 20-25lpa for a full stack role. Engineering + product team is still single digit strength as we are not pureplay tech company.
Had a great ...
I used to tell my friends, "When you work at an early-stage startup, there’s no life outside work."
Two years in, I now realize—there's no life inside work either.
For context: I’m part of a 9-person tech team at an early-stage startup...
Constant nitpicking. Well-done 🤣🤣. Grilled and smoked. All your fat vaporised. All startups are like this
I did not grow up in a lot of money. I ordered looking at the prices on the menu. This feeling has stayed with me and has fueled me to thrive, push harder, work long hours and get to my goals.
I'm 5 years into my career, and last year...
I felt this once I sold my startup. Through my other investments I have enough to not work and make whatever I spend ...
Net worth around 20cr Everyone else is still playing for the points, while I'm playing for the love of the game.