I worked at Rational Software when we acquired Pure software. We sold tons of Purify+. The legend of course was the Hastings took the $ he made from selling Purify to Rational to start Netflix. So as a Rational employee, I had a contribution to Netflix's existence... Or so I like to tell myself ;).
Not necessarily. (a) They could be laying off low performers and still looking for backfill some of them. (b) they could be laying off in certain skill areas and hiring in others. (c) One division could be laying off while another is hiring.
- Thinking Fast and Slow (been around for a while - I am just getting to it)
- The 3 Body Problem, Dark Forest, and Death’s End - a SciFi Trilogy by Cixin Liu. A masterpiece. Read them back to back
- Think Again, by Adam Grant
This person does not exist. It is a myth created in Silicon Valley. What 'Full Stack' should really mean is someone who can learn new technical skills real fast. Someone with a passion for learning and implementing what she learns. In an ever-expanding technology scope, it is really impossible to know it all, but one can be on a journey to be curious and learn the skills that the job needs.
Agreed. They patented all their 'ideas'. If they could not get them to work with todays tech does not mean that they cannot work in the future. The patents still hold...
I think this is the best description, but with a qualification. No mater when you joined the company, if you took no salary and got 'significant' equity, then you could be called a co-founder, especially you helped the company get off the ground or make a significant pivot - like Elon Musk for Tesla.
I know folks who are on Founder Board of Advisors. They work/provide guidance for sub-1% equity and no salary. They would never be called 'co-founders'
