I was pretty much top of the class in school and college (and sports too). Very competitive and always was the “cool dude”. Folks always said I’d found my own company after working for big tech before I turn 30. Im a few months away from hitting 30 and here I am… just sipping whiskey, watching tv and posting on this app. Haven’t found start-ups, not earned FU money yet, heck not even a manager or staff at my current company. On top of that lost my fitness and sport physique that I worked so hard for! :( (One aspect that I’m thankful for looking at these blind posts is that I still got great friends and have a kickass gf… and never really lonely or depressed). Anywho, my whiskey is almost done. Thanks for hearing out fellas! Night night! 🥃
Cheers to your kickass gf 🥂
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30 years old. You’re young still. Some say your career start at 30-35. World is yours mate.
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Hey snap - care to refer me to a few roles? 🍷
Gf kicks your ass? Wut
Only when role playing or when flirting with other chicks
You work at Snap. Probably ahead of 95% of other techies, actually more. Not even counting non tech workers, there you’re doing better than 99.9% of the world. But I know, times can be tough, but they don’t last.
Thanks! This makes me feel good but this is not what I wanted or expected
To add to that, many successful startup founders have past experience working at top tech companies. It's one of the metrics for success is what I've read. Also, the average age for successful startup founder is much later than people might think. don't get complacent tho lol.
People overestimate how much working big tech helps with starting companies. I know some bums that couldn’t hold down jobs that started companies with 100 head count
It's as if being an employer vs employee are two different things!
Someone working at a big tech is learning the wrong things if they want to do a startup. Completely different thing. Being in big tech is like being at the army, while joining or starting a startup is like being a pirate exploring for new things. Very different mentalities. My advice: work on some side project (that doesn’t compete with your current company) and make it happen. When ready, quit and make it full time. If it doesn’t work, find a job somewhere else.
This is a good analogy. If all you want to do is sip whiskey and have a cool gf then you’ll be fine. If you actually want to do something, do something. Anything. It’s usually a matter of getting started when you’re someone like you. Answer this for yourself, why can’t you get in shape?
oh boo fucking hoo. some of us don't even have friends or gfs or work for popular tech companies
Gosh blind. At 30 you expect FU money because you topped your class?!!! If anything, people who top their class are less likely to take risks that typically leads to FU money at this young a age. I can guess pretty much that you will be the typical big tech career ladder chaser, who will end up at senior manager/ director when you retire. Nothing too glamorous.
Why don’t you just stab me in the heart and be done with it?
Accept that you are a conformist. Nothing wrong with that. If you plan to change that you need to be okay not being cool. You need to be okay not amounting to anything. Only then you can win big, once you don't care about his badly you will lose.
For a guy that has !techbro for a name you sound very tech bro-y
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Tc or gtfo sad guy at Snap
Have you seen our stock lately? What makes you think we earn anything anymore?
That’s a cop out answer