This post hits on several great points around career benefits outside of the monetary. When I left blue big (IBM) for my first startup (family office hedge fund) I also signed onto my first management role (managed two analysts and our banking, broker, and other vendor relationships). I learned so fast it set me up for going in directly as COO at my first tech startup where I got to manage about 20 people across sales, marketing, finance, and product. Working with investors and the board is another unique experience most corporates don’t offer except to a small few employees. Now I’m at MemVerge, an AI infra and GenAI software company that is changing the world one GPU and AI agent at a time. I came in less than three years ago as a director, then become senior director where I started managing a team and am now a vice president with a great team I got to hire myself. To infinity AI and beyond 🤓.
This post hits on several great points around career benefits outside of the monetary. When I left blue big (IBM) for my first startup (family office hedge fund) I also signed onto my first management role (managed two analysts and our banking, broker, and other vendor relationships). I learned so fast it set me up for going in directly as COO at my first tech startup where I got to manage about 20 people across sales, marketing, finance, and product. Working with investors and the board is another unique experience most corporates don’t offer except to a small few employees. Now I’m at MemVerge, an AI infra and GenAI software company that is changing the world one GPU and AI agent at a time. I came in less than three years ago as a director, then become senior director where I started managing a team and am now a vice president with a great team I got to hire myself. To infinity AI and beyond 🤓.