"Sorry, but Silicon Valley companies do not develop employees."

Thin Red Lines
Originally uploaded by Djivy.

9Ruler Kawasaki I sometimes grok, and sometimes it's just Orange American Cheese to me, but this post on the people in your post funding startup office are spot on. Funny : especially as no-one wants to be a startup forever. And most of the kaching goes to labour. People :)

Signum sine tinnitu : "Think: Plug and play, plug and play, plug and play. Sorry, but Silicon Valley companies do not develop employees. (“Management trainee” is an oxymoron in Silicon Valley.) Metaphorically speaking, we like to open the box, plug in the gizmo, and be up and running, so you should always be answering the question: How can I immediately help this company? If you can’t help the company immediately, then maybe this isn’t the right company for you."