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notac | karma 63 | avg karma 4.85 · 2022-04-07 23:51:25

I think judging an engineer's engineering skills by the (effectively random) chance of them being at a startup that "makes them rich" just reveals a significant lack of understanding of how the current startup world works. The vast majority fail. The ones that succeed tend to not make anyone any significant amount of money except the founders.

There seems to be a significant number of tech industry employees still floating around that are convinced that instant financial independence is available for all.

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danielmarkbruce | karma 3718 | avg karma 1.69 · 2022-04-08 09:35:45

At least in my experience, even people who understand how it works seem to have this bias. On average it might even be a fair bias.