<![CDATA[I hate to break it to you, but doing a startup is infinitely harder than corporate ladder climbing...and it takes more skill and vastly more risk management.]]>I hate to break it to you, but doing a startup is infinitely harder than corporate ladder climbing...and it takes more skill and vastly more risk management.

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How AI’s threat to entry-level jobs is turning gen Z into ‘Generation Entrepreneur’

As AI erases the bottom rungs of the corporate ladder, some gen Z workers skip the entry level to become their own CEOs

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the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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If you have the connections to get startup funding, you _definitely_ have the connections to get a high-paying job.

@noplasticshower]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://morph.oksocial.net/objects/2e1dfe28-63ea-4c5c-8469-46741d14b784https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://morph.oksocial.net/objects/2e1dfe28-63ea-4c5c-8469-46741d14b784Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:58:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I hate to break it to you, but doing a startup is infinitely harder than corporate ladder climbing...and it takes more skill and vastly more risk management. on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:15:43 GMT]]>@nuintari @GentlemanTech @jack_daniel I have done one or two successful startups myself and advised a nice set of others. Still at that latter game, in fact. Lots of good exits (through hard work, foresight, and sheer luck).

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Business | Gary McGraw

Gary McGraw is CEO of the Berryville Institute of Machine Learning and serves on the Boards and Advisory Boards of select startups.

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(www.garymcgraw.com)

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/nuintari/statuses/116465461520663467https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/nuintari/statuses/116465461520663467Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:58:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I hate to break it to you, but doing a startup is infinitely harder than corporate ladder climbing...and it takes more skill and vastly more risk management. on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:56:33 GMT]]>@jack_daniel @noplasticshower for some people.

I have zero patience for the corporate political bullshit, do much better in small companies.

I’ve spent the last 20+ years failing at startups (though the latest one is promising). This is still easier for me than trying to climb the corporate career ladder.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/GentlemanTech/statuses/116465453838947475https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/GentlemanTech/statuses/116465453838947475Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:56:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I hate to break it to you, but doing a startup is infinitely harder than corporate ladder climbing...and it takes more skill and vastly more risk management. on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:43:17 GMT]]>@noplasticshower doing a *successful* startup, it is very easy to fail.

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