Comments on: Marc Andreessen’s Career Advice http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/30/marc-andreessens-career-advice/ Self-Experimentation, Scientific Method, the Shangri-La Diet, etc. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:06:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: OneStepAheadCV http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/30/marc-andreessens-career-advice/#comment-190285 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:49:09 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/30/marc-andreessens-career-advice/#comment-190285 For every start-up that suceeds, more fail - however like gambling, the big risks pay the most! I worked for an SME startup, it had the best working environment, a great training scheme...but it only lasted six months! I guess you can't win them all, but at least you can try! For every start-up that suceeds, more fail - however like gambling, the big risks pay the most! I worked for an SME startup, it had the best working environment, a great training scheme…but it only lasted six months!

I guess you can’t win them all, but at least you can try!

]]> by: KenF http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/30/marc-andreessens-career-advice/#comment-48200 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:45:27 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/30/marc-andreessens-career-advice/#comment-48200 So many people devote their heart and souls to start-ups that go nowhere. They work nights, weekends, etc. for mediocre salaries and end up with little or nothing to show for it. Some people get rich that way, of course, but most end up chasing failed dreams. I've known several people who stayed at their "boring" jobs, while others went and chased riches, and actually they ended up making the most as their "boring" companies ended up being sold or they rose high up in the company. So many people devote their heart and souls to start-ups that go nowhere. They work nights, weekends, etc. for mediocre salaries and end up with little or nothing to show for it. Some people get rich that way, of course, but most end up chasing failed dreams. I’ve known several people who stayed at their “boring” jobs, while others went and chased riches, and actually they ended up making the most as their “boring” companies ended up being sold or they rose high up in the company.

]]> by: Blaise Pascal http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/30/marc-andreessens-career-advice/#comment-48081 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:55:04 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/30/marc-andreessens-career-advice/#comment-48081 Conversely, I've a friend who, in a similar situation, jumped from a well-paying university tech-support position to move half-way across the country to join a dot-com. Over the past few years he's seen several of the businesses he's worked for sell out and close down. He's happy where he is, but his income isn't much higher than it was when he started working for the start ups. If he'd passed on the opportunity, he'd have tons of seniority at the university, fewer periods of unemployment, and more security than he's experienced. Would he do it again? Probably. But it's reasonable to make the same risk-assessment and to decide not to leap. Conversely, I’ve a friend who, in a similar situation, jumped from a well-paying university tech-support position to move half-way across the country to join a dot-com. Over the past few years he’s seen several of the businesses he’s worked for sell out and close down. He’s happy where he is, but his income isn’t much higher than it was when he started working for the start ups. If he’d passed on the opportunity, he’d have tons of seniority at the university, fewer periods of unemployment, and more security than he’s experienced.

Would he do it again? Probably. But it’s reasonable to make the same risk-assessment and to decide not to leap.

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