As someone 1.5 years into working for a startup, this was cathartic. That opening paragraph says everything I've felt.
The highs are really high, and the lows just feel stupid. My boss was in <very important magazine's top young professionals list> last year. The next day, I couldn't find an allen key because someone took the whole rack. One day, the product is on the cover of <well-known scientific journal>. The next day the `develop' branch doesn't compile because someone merged a change to a submodule without updating the other repos.
I'm glad it resonated well. The swings between the highs and lows are regular, frequent, and irritating but it happens to everyone. Just saying it out loud can be a good release. Do it.
The highs are really high, and the lows just feel stupid. My boss was in <very important magazine's top young professionals list> last year. The next day, I couldn't find an allen key because someone took the whole rack. One day, the product is on the cover of <well-known scientific journal>. The next day the `develop' branch doesn't compile because someone merged a change to a submodule without updating the other repos.