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This is the right answer.

I think the startup scene is mostly a huge grift. Companies that don't make any sense being propped up by VC money until they find and exit (typically an IPO) and are left to crash and burn. I avoid working for startups like I avoid the plague.

But I like that the grift exists. They inject money into the industry, being indirectly responsible for my salary being much higher than I ever expected.

I hope the startup grift and the advertisement fueled maelstrom keeps going until it's time for me to retire, god bless them.



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