Well... that's one way to run a startup I guess. However, the startups I've been around have actually paid pretty well.
Perhaps I'm an outlier? Perhaps I can't empathise with such a situation, because I have been fortunate enough not to be in such a situation.
I was however once offered 1% of a startup that I wrote the first lines of code for. The startup is still going - well it seems... however I am not there. I chose to leave, and we should recognise that we always have such a choice. We always have a choice to leave.
It's funny though - you never really think about how much 'you deserve', until you're offered a percentage. I have sometimes wondered whether you're better off not being offered anything - in which case, the amount you 'deserve' never comes into play.
I do however empathise with how much some people get paid (or those that don't get paid at all) - the people that are just getting by. I believe that we have pools of talent that aren't being utilised, and I do see that as a waste.
The world most definitely isn't fair, and there definitely is a very real imbalance, and unfairness in the system. If some people were just given the space to breathe, to work on their passions, I think think we as a society could actually prosper even more. Not only that, but I also believe that we as society, could help those who have little to offer to still get by - to help them off the streets, and to provide the basic necessities of life that we all should have. I'd rather not walk past a homeless person on the street, or have someone that feels the need to steal to get by, only to have us spend resources locking them up in a prison cell.
And this article seems to touch on some of this - but in different words. It has a certain feeling to it that goes beyond startups, and to the fairness of the world.
I'm starting to ramble however - perhaps I should start writing a blog of my own.
"I was however once offered 1% of a startup that I wrote the first lines of code for. The startup is still going - well it seems... however I am not there. I chose to leave, and we should recognise that we always have such a choice. We always have a choice to leave."
Well... that's one way to run a startup I guess. However, the startups I've been around have actually paid pretty well.
Perhaps I'm an outlier? Perhaps I can't empathise with such a situation, because I have been fortunate enough not to be in such a situation.
I was however once offered 1% of a startup that I wrote the first lines of code for. The startup is still going - well it seems... however I am not there. I chose to leave, and we should recognise that we always have such a choice. We always have a choice to leave.
It's funny though - you never really think about how much 'you deserve', until you're offered a percentage. I have sometimes wondered whether you're better off not being offered anything - in which case, the amount you 'deserve' never comes into play.
I do however empathise with how much some people get paid (or those that don't get paid at all) - the people that are just getting by. I believe that we have pools of talent that aren't being utilised, and I do see that as a waste.
The world most definitely isn't fair, and there definitely is a very real imbalance, and unfairness in the system. If some people were just given the space to breathe, to work on their passions, I think think we as a society could actually prosper even more. Not only that, but I also believe that we as society, could help those who have little to offer to still get by - to help them off the streets, and to provide the basic necessities of life that we all should have. I'd rather not walk past a homeless person on the street, or have someone that feels the need to steal to get by, only to have us spend resources locking them up in a prison cell.
And this article seems to touch on some of this - but in different words. It has a certain feeling to it that goes beyond startups, and to the fairness of the world.
I'm starting to ramble however - perhaps I should start writing a blog of my own.