> Part of the reason I asked on HN is because I don't know if feeling awesome is the norm in a startup: the work is expected to be stressful, isn't it?
Yes and no. Waking up to a call at 3am because something you wrote broke and 50 guys in a warehouse are waiting on you should be stressful. A bug that costs the company $10-20k in double shipped orders is stressful.
If the stress is from just dealing with your coworkers, and not 'oh shit something went wrong', then I'd say its a cultural problem.
> I'm from nowhereville college, and the pay is lower than the low end you gave.
If you are not making 60k in the Bay Area, well, that is too low.
If you live in Nowhereville still, its probably fine.
Yes and no. Waking up to a call at 3am because something you wrote broke and 50 guys in a warehouse are waiting on you should be stressful. A bug that costs the company $10-20k in double shipped orders is stressful.
If the stress is from just dealing with your coworkers, and not 'oh shit something went wrong', then I'd say its a cultural problem.
> I'm from nowhereville college, and the pay is lower than the low end you gave.
If you are not making 60k in the Bay Area, well, that is too low.
If you live in Nowhereville still, its probably fine.