Posted by:
MoCurious
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Date: August 07, 2017 12:04PM
Hello, everyone.
A few months back this forum gave me incredibly insightful wisdom on my potential career move. All some of you asked in return was to report back, and I didn't. I'm sorry for being lame.
My wife and I started binge watching HBO's "Big Love" and it hit me that I never responded. Long story short, we didn't take the offer. We're still in Brooklyn and actively exploring options.
I've worked at start-ups before and understand that a certain level of "fake it 'til you make it" is required. The firm in Provo took that concept and brought it to a whole new level. The many "clients" advertised were actually non-paying beta-testers. The technology was vaporware - buggy, still a proof-of-concept, nowhere near production ready. The management structure (more below) was a mess.
To the credit of the young founders, when I (aggressively) pushed to know more about the status of the company, they acknowledged the challenges, risks, and had a decent vision of what it would take to succeed. Unfortunately, they seemed to have outsourced management of the company to a "Chief Revenue Officer" - some non-tech BYU MBA lacking any technical foundation. That was the big red flag. One week later I declined the offer. It was an amicable breakup and we agreed to stay in touch.
It's a shame. Utah is BEAUTIFUL. Wow. We thought we were going to get into a car accident because we couldn't stop staring into the distance. Utah is CHEAP. We were shocked at how affordable housing, food, entertainment, etc. was. The people were friendly and we look forward to visiting again soon.
Cheers!