How To NOT Get Screwed As A Software Engineer

Y Combinator · Beginner ·🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ·2y ago
The stories are true: technical founders (and early technical employees!) often end up with the short end of the stick when starting a company. In this episode of Dalton & Michael, we’ll discuss the questions and best practices that an aspiring technical founder should think about — whom to start a company with, and how to think about things like equity split and division of responsibilities. Know what you are worth and act accordingly! Apply to Y Combinator: https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup: https://yc.link/DandM-jobs Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00 …
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Chapters (14)

Intro
0:29 Who's Exploited?
2:40 Fair Equity
4:33 The Early Employee
5:38 The Googler
6:33 The College Student
6:52 A Seat at the Table
7:38 Effort Imbalance
8:40 Is This Working?
10:36 Getting a Good Deal
11:55 Part of the Problem
12:31 You Were Warned
13:35 How Do I Fix This?
16:35 Know Your Value

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