Forgot your password?  Comment: I do freelance/consulting for
startups. Why? (Score 1) 174  by aussersterne (#46471119)
Attached to: Silicon Valley's Youth Problem   - The pay is 2-3x
what I could get paid at established firms - The relationship-
starting practices actually make sense (an interview amongst
humans, often with C-levels, rather than with an HR-drone, and
forms of testing that involve work on-product, rather than
abstract and unrelated HR games). - They are thankful to have me
and pleasant to work with (as opposed to confronting the HR
bureaucracy and middle management) - I get better titles and
better status/authority within the firm  I do good work, I
produce value, and the startups that I work with see that and
can measure it quantitatively. Established firms could if they
wanted to, but that's the point: they don't want to. They want
to pay you as little as they can get away with, and have you as
silent and head-hung as they can get you to be.  I stopped
working for stodgy HR- and middle-manag