A lot of developers come to me asking for advice, help and even recommendations. I am glad that people are loving my stories and appreciating them. Today’s story is a suggestion or advice to the developers on what to look for in any startup you want to join.

The 21st century is all about startups, even LinkedIn is filled with the post of companies getting unicorns, grabbing heavy seed funding and so on. But when it comes to a niche job opportunity and decisions regarding your future as a startup we often fall for the category of Higher Pay = Better Job.

Recently, I read this message on LinkedIn, it says, you either work for money or work to learn something if it’s neither then it's better to quit.

This kind of mentality I want to surpass in the developers joining any kind of startup, but always try your best that your first motive is to learn something followed by earning money from that source. Give 60–40% of weightage, 60 is for learning and 40 is for earning money.

Don’t be too fooled by working 15 hours a day just for a sake of learning and not getting much paid nor push yourself into the state where you are not learning any new thing at all and just getting paid at the month's end.

I’ve 4 startups experience so far, 2 of which I have learnt a lot, actually 80% of my skillset have nurtured in those 2 startups only. Later one I’ve just worked and adding value, which is good by the way but it more often feels like I am the smartest person in the room.

Don’t get me wrong I have no problem working with junior developers or less experienced gigs, it’s just my natural tendency to always work with people who are better than you. It just helps you to become a better version of yourself.

If you are choosing a startup as your next journey then do ask for the people in the company, company size, and startup idea, and do a bit of research on ideas, teams, people you will be working with. I know it’s not possible in reality because competition is so high that if we won’t accept that most probably we will not get the job offer. My advice is not to ignore it and try your best in looking for these factors before joining a startup.

If the company thinks a lot before giving you an offer letter then what is the point of not thinking at least twice about the company's future before joining.

After all, it's your precious time you will be investing in the company so make sure you invest it with good people and smart ones, instead of those foolish, noobs who keep on buttering the founder's table just to stay on the job.

The choice is yours in the end, I’ve experienced that when I’ve worked with smart people better than me, I’ve automatically ended up growing a bit and learning a lot.

That’s it for today until next time has a good day.
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