[namelezz]

I know 2 colleagues starting a local startup together just to build their career. They both hate coding. One is now a software architect and the other is an engineer manager. You see: start a company --> practice hiring and managing engineers --> shut down the company --> find jobs at big companies with management skills($$$).

[ohstopitu]

I won't lie but this used to happen a lot at my university. Software Engineers would not find summer jobs (because they don't have experience - the usual chicken & egg problem).

So they'd create new startups every summer (or just one and keep progressing) and then work at one of the big 4 after graduation.

[jbattle]

I'm not sure it fools anyone :) Several years ago it was notable to see 'cofounder' on a resume, now I just assume they did a hackathon for a weekend and then kept the site up.

If they managed to get some paying customers though - hey that's real work / real experience! (assuming it wasnt their mom)