I have finally got an official offer from a startup in SF. I have to make up my mind by Fri and I am very inclined to jump in although their development has nothing to do with telecom or anything like that. The only potential but serious problem might be the idea of joining a startup when the economy is plunging (to keep myself sane I avoid news but even the bits I hear occasionally sound rather ominous).
Well, I did not really come to the US in order to stay on the safe side even though I tend to enjoy my comfort zone :) I believe I am missing the excitement of working in a startup. Even if my stock options vest without bringing any cash this kind of experience is virtually guaranteed to be beneficial in so many respects. And I am getting old enough to recognize that following one's desires is arguably the most efficient way to have few regrets in the future.
On the positive side, their benefits are quite decent, they have an agile development process in place, they are about to face interesting scalability/availability challenges, there are more experienced people on the team. On the other hand, the system is not overly complex yet and who knows when they will truly entertain the idea of clustering, I would move even further from the domains I know and into the field of web systems and advertising.
Anyway, the feeling reminds me of the old good jnetx when both Tom and excitement were still present. Let's see what happens next.
Well, I did not really come to the US in order to stay on the safe side even though I tend to enjoy my comfort zone :) I believe I am missing the excitement of working in a startup. Even if my stock options vest without bringing any cash this kind of experience is virtually guaranteed to be beneficial in so many respects. And I am getting old enough to recognize that following one's desires is arguably the most efficient way to have few regrets in the future.
On the positive side, their benefits are quite decent, they have an agile development process in place, they are about to face interesting scalability/availability challenges, there are more experienced people on the team. On the other hand, the system is not overly complex yet and who knows when they will truly entertain the idea of clustering, I would move even further from the domains I know and into the field of web systems and advertising.
Anyway, the feeling reminds me of the old good jnetx when both Tom and excitement were still present. Let's see what happens next.
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