“Working for a startup is gambling with your career and the house always wins”
Agree
- Most startups fail catastrophically
- Equity is lottery ticket not payment
- Chaos masquerades as innovation
- Exploitation with ping pong tables
Disagree
- Risk yields massive upside potential
- Learning accelerates dramatically
- Impact beats corporate bureaucracy
- Some people thrive in uncertainty
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