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You're not the first young person to smell a rat and assume that everything is ok because some senior people say so.

Your lessons here: 1) gut feelings are usually correct, and 2) many startups are run by delusional idiots with impressive backgrounds.

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I think "delusion" is somehow needed for anyone to have the balls to start a company. The odds are so much against you. Everyone around you who never became entrepreneurs themselves will never understand what drives you.....you are just simply a different kind of animal.

That may be your definition, but I don't think that's what he meant :)

I agree, I'm just playing with his words to make my point. The fact is it takes a little bit of insanity to leave your secure workplace and spend most of your savings for a less than 10% chance of success.

This is a good point, when I first started I had no idea what to look for, now that I've spent some time at a startup hopefully I have a much better sense of what to look for before taking my next job.

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