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By: Michael Dorf

Michael Dorf — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:47:33 +0000

I agree. There’s nothing wrong with a steady paycheck and job stability. If you ARE missing some adventure in your life, start your own gig on the side. You’ll feel like you’re working for a startup (your own!) and still have a job security while you’re “exploring”.

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Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:06:27 +0000

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By: Randall

Randall — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:48:41 +0000

I know. Before Microsoft I worked at a ~200 person company for 3 years.

By: Lukas

Lukas — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:38:28 +0000

Stability is an illusion when “working for the man” – you could be fired the next day.

By: fetzig!

fetzig! — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:02:00 +0000

there is a world between chaotic startups and billion dollar companies like microsoft…

By: TerraFrost

TerraFrost — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 06:53:42 +0000

Presumably by the time you’re big enough to have a building where you’d need to pay the electric bill you could hand that responsibility off to someone else because presumably you’d have multiple employees by then.

If you’re the only person in your startup you can just work from home. No need to lease or buy office space and presumably you’re already paying your electricity bills on a regular basis without any problems!

That said, I do agree with the whole “you ought not do something unless you’re passionate about it” theme of your post. If you’re not passionate about it then it’s pretty much a second job for which you’re probably not being paid.

By: Edwin

Edwin — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:39:25 +0000

@Danielle, in my experience nobody has to “log hours” at Microsoft, as in “why were you only here 37.2 hours last week?” Closest I’ve seen is that some teams keep track of the original estimate and actual time spent for each feature, in order to use the info to do better estimation in future – similar to what Watts Humphrey recommends in the Personal Software Process, or evidence-based scheduling.