how is the experience of working with an early stage startup?
an early stage start-up is still at the nascent stage. this makes for a very creative and flexible learning environment. they prioritise quick learning and determination. early stage start-ups provide good chances for adding to the skill set. you learn quick decision making and have additional responsibilities. an early stage start-up hinges on multitasking and passion since the pay can be uncertain. start-up is more growth oriented as compared to experienced corporations. it is a good place to develop and acquire multiple skills.
i started there not long ago. i like it a lot! great people and really interesting work.

feel free to dm me if you want to chat further. my girlfriend is an artist and majored in art and english literature. yet i'm far more well-read than her in literature, am arguably a better artist and writer and of the two of us i'm the one currently in the process of a publishing company startup. she's also agreed hands down that i'm smarter than her despite her being older since i can tell you tons of useless fact shit about geography, history, i know the extensive history behind the opium wars and shit like that whereas when i start down one of these long lectures she'll just stare at me like "uhhh". there are two reasons for this: a: i never felt a classroom conducive to my learning experience (since the education system is fucking shit, it was concieved at the turn of the century during the industrial revolution when little worker bees were needed and the system is therefore a way to create workers, yes men, not leaders and innovators. if there was something i was interested in during my high school days i went out and i learned about it first-hand. i read tons of books that interested me, i went to writer's guild meetings and read about all of the cliche's and processes of the industry. i self-published my first full-length novel when i was 19, it failed spectacularly because i knew next to nothing about marketing, promotion and advertising. so what did i do? i got into sales, started working sales jobs, learning how to market, promote and advertise and reach and engage existing and potential customers. when i decided i wanted to start a publishing company what did i do? went into other publishing companies, introduced myself as their potential competition and asked to go over their processes and strategies with them. i then realized i knew next to nothing about running a business or handling finances... so i got a job as a customer service rep at a bank, essentially a loan officer. handling day-to-day finances, helping out with business accounting and handling customer processes, all the stuff i'd need for my own company. b: i was alone a lot when i was younger. as a kid i had a lot of time to learn because i never spent time partying, having sex or drinking or even hanging out really. i had no one to hang out with. so my time was simply divided between me and... me. i learned everything i needed to and now it's all coming back to benefit me. don't get me wrong my gf's party days (which still continue now) were great, but they deprived her of the potential learning time she could have had to my level. depends on your business, at google some teams are given an hour or more a day to work on their own projects. sometimes these projects get backed by google, it's a good means of keeping the best entrepreneurial types happy and working on your side.i didn't work in that team but just having the freedom to get up from your desk and do something fun or relaxing for a while is great, we had areas to sleep, play video games, pool tables etc. being forced to stay at a desk is bullshit. Kenny 

Dear Kenny, 


if you come from another MBB firm, you might be considered an experienced hired already after 2 years of working experience. If, as in your case, you come from a completely different industry, you might need slightly more, such as 3-4 years experience. This what happens in average, however, note that there might be differences or exceptions among the different offices.


If you pass the selection as experienced hired, you might start with a "junior" title. For example, at McKinsey you might start as "Junior Associate" which is a non-official position that will last only for a "trial period" of 6 months or similar, before you get officially to the next step, in this case, to "Associate" (that in BCG is call "Consultant").


As a matter of fact, less people join the firm as experienced hire. However, talking with a few colleagues from the HR department, I discovered that there are just fewer applications of this kind and the people come less prepared to the interview (maybe thinking that their experience is enough to guarantee them a spot).


If they like your CV, they like your CV, full stop. They will then suggest you in which position they see you better. Will an MBA increase your chances to get in as an experienced hire? Certainly yes! However, you can also try to apply now and in case you don´t succeed, you apply again after the MBA: 1-2 years will have passed and your CV will look brand new.


I hope I´ve been helpful and made a bit of light on this point. hey [@fastwayjim](/forum/u/fastwayjim)

i could reproduce the behavior. of course this should not be the case. when you start a job first the data needed for the computation is processed before being transferred to a computation instance. if there is no instance available a new one has to be started and your job gets into… What you are looking to do is possible but would need careful consideration of issues associated with ownership of intellectual property, access to technical data like source code, confidentiality requirements that would survive the joint venture if it does not work out. It is not possible to provide proper advise for all the pieces that need to be evaluated and carefully handled in the agreement without proper understanding of the software involved and the specific goals of the parties. You would also need to come up with some metrics to measure the acceptable level of performance from both the parties to avoid the blame game and competing claims if the venture is not successful. I would advise contacting a business lawyer who can help you analyze the various issues and pitfalls as well as draft an agreement for you to protect your interests that allows you to do what you would like to attain with the joint venture. it all varies depending on the team.if you’re close to production, pressure is high. outside of this there are a lot of variation, but in general people are working a lot. this is not really that there are explicit pressure to work long hours but many are very committed , and i think that when you are joining a team you’re more likely to pick up the same rythme.in terms of compensation, it depends on the role / the team and how much they want you after the on-site, but they will in general align on other offers you may have (from google/fb/apple/amazon/...) cons: have to work on twitter it's facebook. go for it buddy. how can you be so sure that you'll get the job? appear for the interview, at least. i agree w/ the pp. have him evaluated for free at &quot;early intervention&quot;.