"I’m writing this because there’s a lot of widely read blogs from people who have had amazing success, but very few from people like myself, who are starting from the bottom."
$200K a year? That's the new definition of "starting from the bottom?"
$200K a year? That's the new definition of "starting from the bottom?"
It's certainly not "the bottom" if he has any appreciable amount of savings -- or if he's kept in the good graces of his now-former VC colleagues, whom he can call upon when the time comes to raise a round. But I don't think he meant to suggest that a $200k salary is "the bottom."