Why You Should Absolutely Work for a Startup
OH: “Startups are a whirlwind, you are more likely to fail than succeed, but you are bound to leave with broader shoulders.”
I once heard that quote at a startup meetup in NYC and I completely agree. It’s the main reason I desperately wanted to join a startup right out of college. I remember finishing my last year and having to mull over an offer from Oil giants – Schlumberger. It was a brilliant offer, good pay and secure pay checks. Unlike a lot of people in my graduating class, that wasn’t enticing enough for me, it was too low paced. I love the fast life, the excitement of not knowing what tomorrow will throw at us challenge-wise. I knew that working for a startup would teach me several lessons I would never learn at Schlumberger. I wanted to be a man with broad shoulders by the time I turned 23. I wanted to train myself to appreciate having $1000 in my account. At Schlumberger, I would never learn that, I would be too “well paid” to learn money appreciation. I wanted to learn how to deal with disappointments, I wanted tough skin, but I most importantly wanted to learn what it feels like to put it all on the line.
Startups never fail to deliver. It may not deliver the fame and fortune of most wealthy entrepreneurs, but if it fails in that department, trust it won’t fail to deliver in the “pick yourself back up, dammit” department.
As a bottom note, never let the big exits you read on TechCrunch be the reason you decide to join a startup or make one. The honest truth is that TechCrunch only reports of that 1% that succeeds, the 99% that are either failing or only breaking even don’t make the pages of the news site. Most startups don’t exit to such big amounts of money. Let your motivation be in the education you will be picking up. I personally compare the first two years a college grad works at a startup to graduate school, only better.
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