Cosa Nostra

Ignite Talk delivered at http://www.meetup.com/nycdevops/events/121063822/

Transcript

1. cosa nostra 1 @tsantero personal musings on working in technology
2. 2 I <3 my job
3. 3 continuous education lucrative salary flexible hours conferences meetups etc taken yesterday
4. 4 RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WORK FOR A COMPANY THAT HAS TAKEN VC INVESTMENT
5. 5 your company is in the red
6. 6 4 Possible Outcomes 1. Cash Flow Positive 2. Initial Public Offering 3. Acquisition 4. Bankruptcy
8. 8 Cognitive Biases Fundamental Attribution Error Confirmation Bias
9. 9 Fundamental atrribution error You are not Steve Jobs
10. Everything that Sucks about Venture Capital 10 Confirmation Bias Shoutout to the Lean Startups of the World
11. 11 Hindsight Bias (i.e. I’m full of shit)
12. 12 I have an idea....give me money
13. 13 your stock options are worth FUCKALL* * English for little or nothing at all
14. 14 But none of us are really in it for the money, right?
15. 15 Solve Difficult Problems
16. 16 create value
17. 17 learn something new everyday
18. 18 avoid hacker news protip:
19. 19 4 Possible Outcomes 1. Cash Flow Positive 2. Initial Public Offering 3. Acquisition 4. Bankruptcy still better than anything else!
20. 20 Thanks! @tsantero