What it's like to work in a SF startup

[K1052]

Given the median income and real estate price of that city, clearly there are many people who disagree with you.

That's another subject entirely. I have never seen a municipal government fumble growth so badly while lamenting the situation they helped create. The entitlement process here bears more resemblance to the obstacle course on old school American Gladiator where any asshole with a nerf ball can knock you out except it goes on for years (even decades).

Combine a very limited supply with lots of IPO and foreign cash surging into the market and all of a sudden everything starts trading for 10-30% above list…cash. It's a situation mere mortals cannot compete with.

 

[zoiks]

Because I've worked for a startup in the bay area (SJ) and have known many people who do. That article is extremely accurate of MOST startups in the bay area. Not all startups are like that but most are.

Id be curious to know which startup you are referring to that you worked at. I've worked here for a very long time and while some companies are lame, most aren't now due to agile.

 

[TridenT]

Id be curious to know which startup you are referring to that you worked at. I've worked here for a very long time and while some companies are lame, most aren't now due to agile.

Seriously? I'm not saying where I worked. You have a very narrow view of the startup world. 95%+ of the pre-series B startups on AngelList are just like that article.

Any startup that is pre-seed to series A is going to be just like that article. Woefully understaffed, underpaid, very few benefits, and a cheap ass working environment full of people who are too full of themselves.