• InverseParallax@lemmy.world
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      11 days ago

      Hah, no, but I’m good otherwise.

      Talking to friends about starting one of my own ideas, reached an age where digging through the dirt is still fun, but I think I should be doing more.

      Thanks for the concern :) , I rarely join startups because I think they have a chance to succeed, it’s just the only place you can get stuff done and have a good time, big companies are… Horrifying :( Google might have been the worst.

      I need to get off my ass really.

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          Haha, those co-founders got fairly well screwed, but startups are a bit like a lottery ticket to me: huge risk, pretty decent potential reward.

          The only difference is if you’re careful, you come out having learned things.

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        11 days ago

        I just started a business after getting laid off from Deere, 10/10 can recommend.

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          Thanks, I am just so… silicon valley has a lot of used-car salesmen around, and I’m nervous about getting screwed over by a co-founder. Not good at the whole “don’t fuck with me” thing, either come off as a pushover or a psycho, never worked out the subtlety of a middle ground :(

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          Thanks a lot for the support! I really need to get off my lazy ass.

          Social… Anything is not my strong suit, but if I can find some guys who do that good, I should be set.

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            11 days ago

            social media? like marketing/awareness? or are you talking about professional networking to find talent?

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              11 days ago

              No, like… talking and dealing with people is not my strong suit, I’m a hardcore engineer to the point of autism :(

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                  11 days ago

                  Chip architecture/design, etc. Was AI, but also supercomputers in the past, that was fun. Current company is a bit different, but I really liked my boss during the interview, he was cool.

                  Love the job, not the kind of thing you can do without kissing a lot of ass for a lot of capital.

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                    11 days ago

                    cool thanks for the insight. kinda hard to just launch a VLSI project on your own i bet.