My grandmother underwent medical treatment using Deca Durabolin, a well-known anabolic steroid, and she could walk again after a long time spent in beds and, at best, chairs.
I'm sure there are exceptions, but the majority of cases always rules.
There's an entire historical background that explains why most "executives" and founders see programmers, or any employee of any sort, as obedients servs that must compel and be grateful for their jobs.
That "classism" will always be present and act as the strongest force against innovation in that country.
Technology is not a factory and, whenever you try to modularize it in such form, you see mediocre, subpar, results.
There might have some small local companies that are able to challenge the even worse local oligarchs from past generations, but they will never be able to compete at a global level, as you'd expect from a real startup ecosystem.
And if they end up facing an international competitor, they might as well be crushed or acquired by them.
I don't get into a personal attack here, but you may want to experience more in depth some of these places like SF, Israel, Chile, Paris, Berlin to understand these profound cultural differences.
I'm Brazilian and I tried building a company there after two successful products both in the EU and US.
Brazil simply doesn't have the culture that's necessary to foster a startup ecosystem.
Chile is in a much better position to be that sort of local leader, but still only relatively.
And it's not something you can change by prosecuting corrupt politicians - it goes all the way back to our colonial heritage, and the crookedness and "classicism" will always hinder the progress of companies and, more sadly, great engineers and entrepneurs.
This stereotype that "we're the most creative" is just another self entitlement like soccer or beautiful women that may build a brand, but certainly doesn't represent reality or live it up to its expectations.
I've come to realize that a Brazilian in power is often a synonym of extreme arrogance, shallowness, selfishness and an unbearable classicism that leads to an unfathomable mistreatment of both customers and employees.
It's unlike any other elites from the western world. It might compare to some countries in Africa.
If you're an investor thinking about Brazil , either understand and live by that culture or lose your money. They won't change the habits they gathered for a lifetime just because you have money or moral authority.
If you're Brazilian and talented, either as an engineer or entrepreneur, get out. Look for jobs remotely, incorporate a company in another country, find a market fit in a healthy economy that selects based on the productivity, efficiency and quality of your work.
Don't gamble your potential, talent and safety for the sake of FOMO on companies that rich, talentless, spoiled kids built with family money, and even our own (as taxpayers).
We don't know what made Jeremy leave the company and how he helped before YC.
If this is a case Jeremy was present at incorporation, he contributed to the product (in some way) and his shares were eventually diluted, this will be similar to Saverin's case.
The philosopher Slavoj Žižek explains this with the ‘postmodern’ boss:
>Not a master but just a coordinator of our joint creative efforts; the first among equals. There should be no formalities among us, we should address him by his nickname, he shares a dirty joke with us… but in all this, HE REMAINS OUR MASTER.
Why would anyone feel guilty about losing money from a VC?
In the end, it's a venture capital FUND: risk and return are inherent to this. It's not the VC's money, but a collection of GPs (themselves have thousands of individual investors).
Your loss is already accounted for in their portfolio. Otherwise, they're not doing it right.
We have terrible stereotypes around testosterone because of steroid abuse in athletes, but reality paints itself very differently.
https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/this-103yearold-bodybu...
My grandmother underwent medical treatment using Deca Durabolin, a well-known anabolic steroid, and she could walk again after a long time spent in beds and, at best, chairs.