Maybe it is because being a good manager is hard. Maybe running an effective organisation is hard. Maybe being in your 20s and having a bunch of VC money doesn't translate to being able to do the above?
Being a good manager takes time and a willingness to be emotionally aware. It also requires mentoring.
On the other hand, if a bunch of burnt out engineers with capital want to pop me an email why don't we start something?
I think this comment is spot on. Another thing I’ll add: building something successful enough to be sustainable is incredibly difficult, especially when market value for SWEs is established by a few winner-take-all disruptions that panned out in the internet and smart phone transitions of the past two decades.
The saccharine platitudes and subtle gaslighting of the corporate world is really just a thin veneer designed to allow employees to get some work done without having to think too deeply about the brutality of globalized capitalism.
Maybe it is because being a good manager is hard. Maybe running an effective organisation is hard. Maybe being in your 20s and having a bunch of VC money doesn't translate to being able to do the above?
Being a good manager takes time and a willingness to be emotionally aware. It also requires mentoring.
On the other hand, if a bunch of burnt out engineers with capital want to pop me an email why don't we start something?