Too Long; Didn't Read
I believe that most advice on choosing a startup to work for is wrong. Early employees at wildly successful startups suggest you <a href="https://twitter.com/rabois/status/679722946919677952" target="_blank">assume the value of your equity is zero</a> and instead optimize for <a href="https://triplebyte.com/blog/interview-with-gmail-creator-and-y-combinator-partner-paul-buchheit" target="_blank">how much you can learn</a>. In this post I’ll argue that evaluating how likely a startup is to succeed should actually be the most important factor in your decision to join one. As a former partner at Y Combinator, I know a lot about how investors do this. Now, as a founder and CEO of Triplebyte, I see how much less rigor the average job seeker applies to their decision and what they miss that investors would notice.