u/Leadership-Thick wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
In like 2013, it really was basically everyone. I went to hack reactor in 2013 and about 10 out of the 30 in my class went straight into fang-or-adjacent jobs. Two things explain this: 1. Early students were just a different calibre of people; seriously committed and spent every
u/michaelnovati replied ·
Agree with most of this too, but one note is that in late 2023 early stage (seed) startup funding INCREASED because it was the only place VCs could put money to hit target returns - as late stage valuations were tanking and IPO outcomes were not good.
So very early stage startups are actually a good place to look right now.