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Get wrecked. The actual reason bro is not worried is in the right column:

> I am an EIR at Balderton Capital and principal of my own eponymous consulting business.

> I bring an uncommon perspective to enterprise software, having more than ten years’ experience in each of the CEO, CMO, and independent director roles in companies from zero to over $1B in revenues.

First, what the hell is an EIR.

Second, the fact that you are one at some Bertie-Wooster-ass venture capital firm means that you could probably retire tomorrow, if not necessarily in the manner to which you are accustomed

So yes, must be nice

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EIR = Entrepreneur In Residence. It's a slightly odd position, and varies a little depending on the firm, but generally it means someone is employed by a VC firm for a period of time to work on developing their next idea and also help out around the VC firm sourcing deals and mentoring companies.

I think I'm with you on this. The dribbling cynicism, pontification and entitledness is rather grating.

There are some uncommonly long ... m long ... dashes, sprinkled in para six and again later on. Perhaps our hero has a charmap app handy or has a remarkable keyboard or remembers a carefully curated, slack handful of compose sequences.

The system prompt for this beastie must surely have started with: You are a complete wanker, riff on the eighties "loadsa money" theme.

right, must be nice. I live in a HCOL area and have a mortgage and family to support. If big tech lays me off, it's going to be stressful and probably mean me selling my house and moving to LCOL.

Read the article, it actually raises some fascinating points that are agnostic to the possibility that he may be financially well off.

Please don't tell people to RTFA. I have and it is still entitled rambling bollocks.

Is this really leading edge ... whatever it is supposed to be:

"The popular horse-switching fantasy answer is retraining. “Go back to school and become an engineer.” In theory, yes. In practice, rarely. The jump from an assembly-line worker to an engineer requires years of schooling and a different educational foundation."

They might as well pat the person who is losing their livelihood on the head and say "there, there, it will all come good in the wash".

EIR == Entrepreneur-in-Residence

so an employee at a VC? lmao

Starting your comment with "Get wrecked" doesn't inspire confidence. Makes you sound, to me, like an edgy teenager.

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