Questions tagged [startup]
Questions relating to a company which is still in the beginning phases of growth
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How to include not-launched-startup experience in resume?
On June 2012, two of my friends (let's say john and smith) and I worked full time on building a mobile application from scratch. Long story short, john left the team in July, and smith and I did not ...
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How does vesting in equity generally work?
When I joined a start-up 8 months ago, I was offered a 2.5% equity along with a fixed remuneration. I trusted the founder and didn't bother to ask for equity docs. After 6 months, there were some ...
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How can I evaluate an offer of equity in a company?
The last few months at my company have made me worried. I work for a small software development company, there were 5 of us: 2 techy's, 2 developers and my boss. 1 tech left leaving me to cover her ...
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Doing a presentation to look more professional
I don't know if this is the best place to ask this question, but I couldn't find another stackexchange site to ask it.
I am a computer engineering student that doesn't work anywhere, and I don't have ...
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Is it unethical to promote startups in the company? [closed]
I am employed in a mid-sized multi-national software company with 500-1000 employees. In our company, we have several employee organizations (clubs) of different natures (e.g. basketball, swimming, ...
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Should I show previous moonlight experience on resume
After my graduate CS degree, I have worked for a large IT multinational company for the past five years.
However, I worked with a startup for about two years on the side. We were hoping to get funded ...
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Startup vs Big Company - ok to ask for details
Hoping for some guidance with this.
I recently left the startup company where I was working as a senior backend Python engineer. The job had a lot of complications and the company suffered from a ...
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How should I deal with preferential rules for owner's kin?
I work at a really small startup (around 15 employees), where the work culture is generally good (at least to my satisfaction), and we (the employees) work closely with the owners (3 of them).
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My new colleagues seem too busy to answer my questions. How should I handle this?
I recently left my job as a software developer in a company with 2500+ employees, to join a small software development team in a young company in another city. The job is in a completely new domain (...
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Which questions should I ask when interviewing with a startup?
I have an upcoming interview with a startup, but don't know what kind of questions I should ask them. I can't do much research on them since they are just now getting off the ground.
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How do I explain to potential employers that I can only accept a job if my personal project doesn't take off?
I'm currently working on a commercial project with a friend. We recently got a fair amount of funding via crowdfunding (we're not rich, but we can support ourselves until release). We're planning to ...
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Work on weekends?
In my recent interview everything went well. They were very positive and I could see in their eyes that they are very positive/impressed with me. Finally they asked me "do you have any questions for ...
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How can I find more information about a startup?
I just came out of an interview with a startup founder. They have no product yet and no team (they are still assembling the team, hence the interview). They just have an idea of the business they are ...
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How to establish a mentoring culture in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment
Earlier I read a question called How to mentor a Junior Developer and thought about this question.
I worked as a support engineer at a smaller startup in one of my previous employments where I was ...
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How to work on my personal ideas during the weekend [closed]
I'm working full time 5 days a week, mostly between 10 and 14 hours a day. At the end of the day I'm very tired and just want to take a shower, hang out and go to sleep.
I have a lot of ideas that I ...
