Flying Into The Startup Inferno

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Flying Into The Startup Inferno

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Nothing says "career progression" like flying away from a corporate hellscape while leaving behind a codebase that would make Cthulhu weep. The sweet irony of trading a stable paycheck for startup chaos just to escape middle management—only to discover you've merely swapped one dumpster fire for another with fewer extinguishers and half the water pressure.

That smug smile says it all: "I might be taking a 50% pay cut, but at least I won't have to sit through another 2-hour sprint planning meeting where we discuss how to rename variables for optimal synergy."

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