On: Snapchat CEO’s leaked memo on survival

[tigershark]

Exactly, I was going to write the same thing, although with a small, but perhaps quite important correction: “You are free to watch him ruin his company, but it is still his company”

[hazz99 → profalseidol]

I think if they work at Snap then they can find work at other companies, I wouldn't say their lives are 'ruined'

[profalseidol → hazz99]

Ok, not ruined. But denial in creative fulfillment. Imagine working so hard to finish your music record, only to be destroyed by illegitimate forces.

[SmellyGeekBoy → profalseidol]

We're talking about some of the highest paid people in the world here, with excellent job prospects should things go south. That's before we even get started on stock options and how many early employees of these startups become millionaires.

[profalseidol → SmellyGeekBoy]

Sure they got good financial security, even if you are employed at some unknown third-world software company. You're prospects are still very good compared to a blue-colar.

However, financial security is not the only thing you need in life to be happy.