startup-wise:
1. working as employee #6 at a startup in boston instead of google in 2001.
2. working as employee #6 at a startup in SF instead of youtube in 2005.
whoops!
1. working as employee #6 at a startup in boston instead of google in 2001.
2. working as employee #6 at a startup in SF instead of youtube in 2005.
whoops!
"When Filo asked Lent if he would like to join Yahoo! as employee No. 1, in order to keep the founders on their toes with his skepticism, he laughed. 'You couldn’t pay me enough money to work for a company called Yahoo!' he recalls saying at the time."
"In early 1996, Lent explains, “We all said, ’There will never be another Yahoo!’”"
'Oh you currently have 5 employees? That is too bad...' :)
At least you had the courage to work at various startups, even if they failed, which is more than most.
In regards to YouTube, I was actually doing work for a YouTube competitor at the time. They sold their tech early to another YouTube competitor, but since I was a contract employee, not a founder, I didn't make any money off of the sale.