14 Revealing Signs You Love Your Startup Job

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That read like one of those "10 Signs that let you know your boyfriend loves you" articles in Cosmopolitan. I will love any startup job as long as they:

- pay. - pay on time. - dont have me meet every 2 hours. - have reasonable hardware to work with (read: A computer from this millennium, running an OS that did not come out during the Clinton administration).

Anything else, is just gravy.

That's a really low bar. The market (at least here in the U.S.) for talent is so competitive that a company has to go well beyond the basics of paying on time and providing great hardware.

Well, that does it for me. Like I said, anything else is gravy. In fact, I just moved on from my current contract today, because they were not paying on time. I was their lead engineer, and basically did all of their stack alone. I'm currently accepting offers if anyone is interested.

You can lose your top engineering talent by ending free soda and snacks. I think this is an important list for employees to consider but could also serve as a wakeup call to founders that are losing track of the small things that combine to be something significant.

Life is too short to work on something you don't love (unless there are no other options) and the lifespans of most companies are too short to hire people that cannot feel this way about their work/coworkers/environment.

Nice list! I kinda think that these apply to all jobs, not just start-up ones.

I also like how the articles points out that these are signs that you like your job, it's a nice reminder that the onus is on the employee to be in a mindset where they enjoy their work.

Indeed, like other relationships, it has to go both ways. No fun being in a relationship where the love is unrequited.

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