[thatmf]

Get wrecked. The actual reason bro is not worried is in the right column:

> I am an EIR at Balderton Capital and principal of my own eponymous consulting business.

> I bring an uncommon perspective to enterprise software, having more than ten years’ experience in each of the CEO, CMO, and independent director roles in companies from zero to over $1B in revenues.

First, what the hell is an EIR.

Second, the fact that you are one at some Bertie-Wooster-ass venture capital firm means that you could probably retire tomorrow, if not necessarily in the manner to which you are accustomed

So yes, must be nice

[simonw]

EIR = Entrepreneur In Residence. It's a slightly odd position, and varies a little depending on the firm, but generally it means someone is employed by a VC firm for a period of time to work on developing their next idea and also help out around the VC firm sourcing deals and mentoring companies.

[gerdesj]

I think I'm with you on this. The dribbling cynicism, pontification and entitledness is rather grating.

There are some uncommonly long ... m long ... dashes, sprinkled in para six and again later on. Perhaps our hero has a charmap app handy or has a remarkable keyboard or remembers a carefully curated, slack handful of compose sequences.

The system prompt for this beastie must surely have started with: You are a complete wanker, riff on the eighties "loadsa money" theme.

[locusofself]

right, must be nice. I live in a HCOL area and have a mortgage and family to support. If big tech lays me off, it's going to be stressful and probably mean me selling my house and moving to LCOL.

[matthest]

Read the article, it actually raises some fascinating points that are agnostic to the possibility that he may be financially well off.

[gerdesj]

Please don't tell people to RTFA. I have and it is still entitled rambling bollocks.

Is this really leading edge ... whatever it is supposed to be:

"The popular horse-switching fantasy answer is retraining. “Go back to school and become an engineer.” In theory, yes. In practice, rarely. The jump from an assembly-line worker to an engineer requires years of schooling and a different educational foundation."

They might as well pat the person who is losing their livelihood on the head and say "there, there, it will all come good in the wash".

[guyzero]

EIR == Entrepreneur-in-Residence

[polalavik]

so an employee at a VC? lmao

[emestifs]

Starting your comment with "Get wrecked" doesn't inspire confidence. Makes you sound, to me, like an edgy teenager.