[ffdjjjffjj]

This post reminds me of a younger me. The experience I got working hours like this at jobs like this was not as good as I thought. It was shallow and rushed, every cuttable corner was cut. And ultimately, it wasn’t worth it. You may not care about money now, but you will in 5 years when your friends are buying houses and your $5m ticket never got punched.

Just my advice feel free to ignore. I probably would have!

[peter422]

And the double penalty is that if your resume showed 2 years at a large, prestigious company, it will always count more than 2 years where you did a Herculean job at a small startup.

But everybody should choose the path they want.

[abhinav22]

Yep, same here. I gave away my 20s for great experience but not as much pay I think I should have gotten and now I’m not as comfortable as I would like myself as a mid 30s worker.

There are always good and bad cases of course - I’m hopeful that the parent of your post is a good case (we should always be optimistic!), so it’s not to bring him down but rather just share other experiences.

[benjaminsuch]

What I wanted to say is, to not only see the "bad" side, but also try to look for chances. But that is something that one has to do by him-/herself and then you have to evaluate if it's worth.

I think the "blindness" here can be on both sides, but I definitely don't want to suggest to "blindly" endure the workload for little pay.

[alexpetralia]

It is also very emblematic of a younger me. I worked because I couldn't for the life of me contrive anything better to do.