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 am working in a Pre Seed GenAI Startup (2020 Founded) as Head of Engineering (Team of 20 with 5-6 in Engineering, No CTO)
It's been 3.5 years (3yrs Full Time + 6mon Internship) Previously it is in EdTech now in GenAI Space
My CTC i...
Hello grapevines! Need your help/opinion here. I work for a big corp. ~6YOE. 48L.
The work culture here seems a bit off. Constant pressure to compete and snatch the work and prove oneself. Chaos is being glorified. Onsite team is unresp...
which one would be better to join and how to evaluate:
fairly old startup (~10 years) with extremely competent folks (Top IITs) VS 2 year old startup in Seed Stage with friendly team but team size <10
getting similar comp but much hig...
What questions would you ask to evaluate if you should join an early stage startup in this market?
The objective is to ensure job longevity, avoid getting laid off and experience a reasonable amount of growth.
Is there anything else th...
