37 years old, been laid off recently. have kids, so not so flexible time-wise but enough money saved up to do whatever for a year or two. Have bad social skills but 10 years experience doing basically everything web related.How can I find someone else to work on project ideas together? I have worked with former colleagues in the past, but as an employee, not co-founder. Should I just announce on LinkedIn, I am looking to join a startup?Anyone experienced with something like that?
imagine being in the worst economy ever and not applying job jobs immediately. you have a kid. get back to work you dumb fucking chud. no dreaming allowed. if you want to do a side hussle fit it into your 9-5. who the fuck needs a co-founder in the age of AI. you're too retarded to start a business sorry to break it to you
>>108632067Look, friend: it's the same with "why don't lawyers just represent themselves when they get in trouble"? Because no matter how good you are, you need some outside perspective to represent and evaluate your ideas. If you work on own products, you need some reflection from time to time and someone to keep you motivated, otherwise once the initial passion is gone, the project is on ice forever, ie dead.also, it is not just about own products. I have been a freelancer for 7 years and the main reason why companies hire via recruiters (taking 20% of our salary for a simple phone call) is because they hire an entire team. If I could join with others, we could skip the middle man and do contract work until we figure out our own products. I just want to find competent, motivated people. because fuck recruiters, those lying bastards.
>>108631963>>>/a/I've been on long layoffs twice. Second time around I think fuck this. I can only spend 4 hours a day promoting myself without wanting to literally jump off a bridge. So I started a small e-commerce business that I would run in my spare time between interviews. I was laid off for a year and a half before I finally picked the consultant role... im now a consultant "full time" lol but the e-commerce business I started when I was laid off now makes enough money to pay for the mortgage and the kids college. I suggest you say fuck it to join anybody's stupid startup, and start your own startup. The most valuable part of any startup is your time. God knows they can't fucking pay you anything.
>>108632190I take it back. honestly valid take. recruiters are bastards. but seriously just go find a big contract first. the business side is the hardest and getting a contract sucks dick and takes forever.
>>108631963Ycombinator co-founding platform is good.
>>108632067>SLOP IS GOOD, SLOP IS BEST, PRAISE SLOP
>>108631963>bing...biing...>You're fired!>BING!! BIIIING!! BING!!!>BING IT UP YOUR ASS, YOU'RE FIRED!
>>108631963>have kids,mind telling your fellow /g/entlemen how you met your wife :DDD
>>108631963I've been in a startup culture before and did it for a few years. Having social skills was outright necessary for me at times. It was exciting working with zero HR department getting in the way. The venture ultimately went south and I was laid off for about a year afterward. I stayed too long, basically.The reality for (you) imho is that you have kids and with kids come obligations. You need a stable position that leverages your skillset. Once you've got that then you can work on ideas.
>>108633520>Having social skills was outright necessary for me at times.Why? Were you the marketing guy?
>>108631963Maybe find a different job? I unironically make 250-400k a year running the commercial sales and service division of a local general contractor. This isn't even somewhere with a crazy cost of living, it's in Central Indiana. I wasn't even looking for the job necessarily, just doing some insurance work for them and they offered me a job. If someone asks you "what would you want to come onboard?", always shoot for the moon. The worst they can say is no. I didn't even get a no...they literally gave me exactly what I asked for.
>>108633520>You need a stable position that leverages your skillset.You need a stable position that uses your skills.There, pretentiousness removed and correct English is restored. You are welcome.
