Fuck this "you can't get anywhere without stepping on everyone else" attitude.
this post was submitted on 05 Apr 2025
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Thats exactly the kind of thing I would expect the founder of LinkedIn to say. Bet there's a bunch of absolute lunatics ready to repost that to their own linked in page.
Why the f— would an employee be invested in the corporation "winning"? Unless he sees LinkedIn as a co-op and actively works on distributing profits equally to all member workers, that there is just management drivel.
I agree, it's not winning unless you're crying, exhausted and with barely any more money than any other average folk unable to use it properly hoping for early retirement just before the economic crash leads you to being fired and having nepotism replace you instead!
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"...me my money."
Looking at him, he may need a bit of work-life balance.
Excuse me sir, we appear to have a different definition of "winning".
That's our secret Raid, we don't want to win.
You can win. You can lose.
You can go poke around the garden with a rake on a sunny morning to discover what spring has wrought, also. Maybe have some friends over later?
might want to look at your linkedin site, what it has turned into
It’s weird that it’s always losers that are the ones talking about winning.
Linkedin is a meat market for capitalist labor. It is very anti- worker, pro capitalist douchebaggery. Fuck Linkedin.
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Fuck this guy. I say we guillotine him as an example to the others.
a reality check for entrepreneurs
Yes. You gotta grind like hell to start a seriously profitable company. Had drinks at our company's open house with a client who owned 3 or 4 small construction related businesses.
"You have to bust your ass for about 2-2.5 years to get a business rolling, then it mostly takes care of itself."
Fuck off, Reid.
It's also a good sign you're not mentally ill.
Fuck winning.
Be the best, climb the ladder
Do it better, higher, faster
I refuse to participate
If I go up it will be slow
I’m bringing everyone I know
Stopping on the sixth or seventh rung
The quote is right though I suspect he means something very incorrect by it. If your work is hostile to your life, you're losing; ditch that job immediately.
You committed to paying?
I worked at a couple of startups and every single one was a success with good exit strategies, and we had good work-life balance. His view is factually false.
I’m proud of being a loser in this case.
So done with this bullshit.
“The people that think that’s toxic don’t understand the start-up game, and they’re just wrong,” he said. “The game is intense. And by the way, if you don’t do that, eventually, you’re out of a job.
For those who disagree, working at a startup is a choice, Hoffman insisted.
But the reward on the other side is second to none; the 100 or so first employees at LinkedIn don’t need to work anymore, he added. Microsoft purchased the professional networking platform for $26.2 billion in 2016.
That's good for the 100 or so first employees at LinkedIn, but I'm certain that the VAST majority of employees who bust their ass trying to help get a start-up off the ground don't have anywhere near that end result. I'm sure it isn't worth it for 99% of employees of start-ups.
But if you want to take on the challenge, hoping that maybe you'll be one of the lucky ones, go for it, but don't fucking drag a spouse/significant other, or children into that nightmare. If you want to commit your entire life to a start-up, then fucking commit.
It's a fucking lotto. Lucky people always think they're smarter or more hardworking than others.
This is what happens when you survey jackpot winners about the value of lottery tickets.
That's called Survivorship Bias, and it's a fallacy! I would expect nothing less than irrationality from a billionaire that got lucky and thinks his hard work in particular was what got him where he is.
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I mean he's definitely an asshole for many reasons, but the context is "if you are a start-up entrepreneur"
No, he's still an idiot, and he'll realize it when he dies, if he's lucky.
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Man, Reid looking rough nowadays. If that’s what winning is, I don’t want it.
Also FYI, I’ll leave my original response up, but the title of this particular post is clickbait. Reid specifies a very particular instance where he thinks this applies.
Maybe if workers actually Won by doing their jobs, this would be even close to approaching accurate.
I work to live. I dont live to work.
"Winning" presumably means achieving something as worthwhile as inflicting LinkedIn on the world. I'm good thanks.
LinkedIn == blessed 😍
Winning what, more profits for you instead of me? Get fucked, loser.
Cool, he might consider fucking off and dying.
This guy reeks of chode energy.
Not a good dedicated wage slave.
What a loser
Until I have the same unlimited upside as a founder does, I’m committed to work life balance. If you’re a wage employee, there is not point in giving your life to your job.
Personally I'd rather have both
To be fair, he's talking to the founders of startups, not employees. But still, he sounds like an ass.
He's right. I'm committed to getting paid and doing what I want.
Right? "Winning" what exactly? Reid Hoffman's trying to be the best at being the most miserable and unfulfilled. The most regrets on his death bed.