RSpec my authority!

Paul Graham writes lots of articles on why you should work for a startup, or why you shouldn't not start a startup, or whatever. I'm pretty sure if you google "Paul Graham" you'll find the dude I'm talking about, so no link necessary.

Here's the bottom line though - it's fucking cool. I think a lot of people get too serious in their lives and stop trying to do something cool. I mean come on, we're taking man-made machines that traditionally speak ones and zeros, but we write code in a sexy language and some stuff happens.

THAT'S SO COOL!!

If that's not your reaction, you shouldn't be a programmer. You should be a lawyer or something.

The reason you should own/work for a startup is cause you get to work on cool stuff. There's no risk mitigation...everybody knows that simply being in business is risky enough, the software you build is nowhere near as risky. When you're not worried about playing it safe (I got a rep to protect), you can just focus on creative, cool stuff.

I work for a cool ass startup and I have a lot of fun...my bosses kick ass, but it turns out that they're still bosses. I hate being told what to do. Most of the time I don't worry about it, I get a lot of free reign (thanks Dave(s)). But still there's a percentage of my time where I'm the bitch.

I can't even imagine what it'd be like if I worked at BigCo. It'd be fucking HORRENDOUS.

It probably looks like I don't have a point here. I do though, I promise. Programming is a cool ass job, and if your job isn't cool, you're missing out. Fix it. The best way is of course to start a startup. If that's too much, join a startup.