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		seiji on June 21, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Exploiting Silicon Valley For Profit (and Maybe Fu... I think the key point was diverted from. The employees aren't doing what they want anymore, so some stable "we can always get acquihired by google again when we fail" startup is attractive. As employee 3, they will walk away with a huge 0.5% of the exit while the founders walk away with 35% each. how mouthy I was when I was 24 Welcome to The Bay Area: where self worth is measured by frat-like posturing and manipulation to level up at any cost.

tptacek on June 21, 2012 [–]

Ahhhhh there it is. Whew. I thought there was a risk that this was going to be a boring civil conversation.

seiji on June 21, 2012 | [–]

It's like hypoglycemia, but for upvotes.

Anti-success or "insiders manipulating the system" rants tend to bring the love. It's all Method. I'm just another SV washout.

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