Another point in favor of *good* startups is that the hiring process is less artificial (e.g. less likely to be surprised with inexplicably hard leetcode) and less abusive (e.g. less likely someone in the hiring loop presses you to do consulting for them).
At the very least, when either of these situations happens, it will come from the founder/manager or colleagues, which seems less dysfunctional.
Also, I’ve had much better access to interviews/founders at startups than FAANG/Uber/Lyft and genuine work experience seems to be respected more.
However, I know much less than someone like Linch, and would like to hear their opinion.
Also, personally, I still feel like this whole “do startups”/”make billion dollar company” sentiment on the EA Forum feels a bit “online”. I am worried it may give the wrong impression to some EAs, especially since I expect startups are the trendy thing already for everyone in the appropriate reference class.
Another point in favor of *good* startups is that the hiring process is less artificial (e.g. less likely to be surprised with inexplicably hard leetcode) and less abusive (e.g. less likely someone in the hiring loop presses you to do consulting for them).
At the very least, when either of these situations happens, it will come from the founder/manager or colleagues, which seems less dysfunctional.
Also, I’ve had much better access to interviews/founders at startups than FAANG/Uber/Lyft and genuine work experience seems to be respected more.
However, I know much less than someone like Linch, and would like to hear their opinion.
Also, personally, I still feel like this whole “do startups”/”make billion dollar company” sentiment on the EA Forum feels a bit “online”. I am worried it may give the wrong impression to some EAs, especially since I expect startups are the trendy thing already for everyone in the appropriate reference class.