What would it take for you to leave consulting for a start up? Had an interview today with a start up that reached out to me.

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Series A funding and a solid idea.

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Marketing/advertising company. 6 years old 9mm in Rev and 45 employees. Looking for a operations leader to oversee Ops and also Finance and HR at first. Then find people to tune each area. What pay/equity should I seek if offered the position?

Age - I am no longer ready for sitting in economy on long flights, crappy hotels at times because of cost pressures and then hoping that the startup turns to gold ... . But if age was on my side then yes, I would willingly go and try a few startups that could get me money to buy an island ....

Mk1 I'm 32 lol. Sound pretty much like coo role

Well - I am 10 years older than you, so yeah go for it but select the right one, look at the leadership, the idea and if it makes sense. Few of my buddies did it and aren't at the right place now ...

What does their C Suite look like currently? As in how many officers?

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Hello fishes small suggestion from my end for who are trying to switch

Don’t wait/waste your time for positive replies from employers continue your hunting in market.

I had a bad experience with CTS even my interview gone well I got negative feedback. May be they have budget/notice period constraints, if that is the case why would they conducted interviews with out basic checks

Exp - 7+
Tech stack - Java fullstack Developer

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I want to switch.

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Tech: ReactJS, JavaScript etc.

Haven't put down the paper yet (notice period will be 2 months)

What can the expected CTC for a 5 YOE? I want good WLB and growth in a product based company.

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Can I take my parents??

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