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by hello_moto 1643 days ago
SV is also a meat grinder: the participants are well aware of that (maybe except during the early days of Google or non-GCP Google orgs). SV participants are highly ambitious folks who want to get paid more and deliver "impact" (whatever that means). It's an ego contest.

It's just that the participants always paint rosy pictures to the point that Media buys it and sells it.