Channel: Y Combinator

Category: Science & Technology

Tags: yt:cc=ony combinatoryc

Description: Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss the struggles of working at FAANG (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google) and how to strategize leaving a big tech job to become a founder at a startup. Apply to Y Combinator: ycombinator.com/apply Work at a startup: ycombinator.com/jobs Chapters (Powered by bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00 - When you should quit? 01:00 - What value can technical founders extract from a FAANG job? 03:21 - Assumptions - Why working at FAANG makes sense? 03:48 - Reality of the job 06:01 - Transferable Skills 08:35 - Path to get funded 10:55 - The retention trap - What's the company trying to do? 15:31 - When to get out? 17:31 - FAANG Optimization 18:56 - Plan at the start