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Alina
@alinaferry
Founder mode or not, why is it always the assumption that everyone’s greatest aspiration should be to become a founder? When I was growing up, anyone who wasn’t trying to quit their stable job to become an entrepreneur was frowned upon. When I started working in film, the dominant idea was that every director/producer should dream of being independent and having their own production company. Now everyone needs to be a founder. Why? Very few are actually cut out for this. I’m just a little tired of this narrative being pushed on us that you’re either a visionary one-person show or a total loser. There are so many exciting options below the founder lever that never get the credit/respect they deserve. People get stuck in this “feeling of underperformance” loops when they shouldn’t be.
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Jonny Mack
@nonlinear.eth
because being a founder means becoming the master of your own destiny, materially improving the world on some meaningful dimension, and best case being handsomely rewarded for it. worst case is acquiring extremely valuable and transferrable skills high conviction risk-taking and skin-in-the-game are noble far too many smart people wasting away in 10-4 faang jobs
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Alina
@alinaferry
All valid except for the fact really not everyone is suited to be a founder skill-wise, and especially personality-wise. Too many founder wannabes who overestimate their talents and too many folks who could be superstars in other capacities. Granted I personally am not familiar with the faang culture and the closest I’ll ever get to them is eating sushi across from Amazon Culver studios.
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Jonny Mack
@nonlinear.eth
totally agree. i actually think there's something deeply wrong with most founders, myself included. its not a rational path to pursue, and definitely not for everyone
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