Why are engineers treated like peons in the startup world?

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by sydsfo • 13 years ago

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api• 13 years ago

In my experience, everyone in tech tends to think that their particular skill set is the only thing that matters and that everyone else is an idiot. This seems true for business, marketing, engineering, etc.

sydsfo4• 13 years ago

That's probably true. It'd be okay if everyone thought their skills was most important and all the skills paid about the same, but business and investing think their skill is most important and their salaries actually support that idea.

sydsfo4• 13 years ago

Vinod Khosla is talking at sxsw on how rigorously they evaluate and monitor the CEOs they invest in. Evidently that doesn't apply to his grandson.

fatjokes• 13 years ago

What's going on with his grandson?

sydsfo4• 13 years ago

His grandson is the CEO in this story

notbitter• 13 years ago

For better or for worse, the system is named "capitalism" not "hardworkerism".

In the "you can't cheat an honest man" department, you can be sure that some of the engineers complaining about nepotism now were expecting to cash in on the CEO's connections when they signed on.

sydsfo4• 13 years ago

I'm the one complaining about nepotism. They were just complaining that he is an inexperienced tool that underpays them. That said, I'm sure they did count on his family connections creating an unending runway when they signed on.

Why are engineers treated like peons in the startup world?

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