<story><title>Founding a startup with zero revenue is better than working for Goldman Sachs</title><url>http://adgrok.com/why-founding-a-three-person-startup-with-zero-revenue-is-better-than-working-for-goldman-sachs</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>eru</author><text>And you still get checks?</text></item><item><author>rdouble</author><text>Yes.</text></item><item><author>eru</author><text>Off-topic: Is it common to get paid every fortnight in America?</text></item><item><author>mcyger</author><text>Just to provide a balanced viewpoint: I&apos;ve worked in corporate America (Fortune 5 company), dealt with banality and bureaucracy, banged my head against the wall over and over again, left, started my own company, grew it to millions, sold it, semi-retired. I love startups and the details of this blog, however, when you want to see your kids, sleep in the same bed as your wife, and have a paycheck deposited in your bank account every other Friday, there&apos;s nothing better than working for an established company.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>blakeweb</author><text>It&apos;s mostly &quot;direct deposit&quot; -- electronically from the company&apos;s account into yours, appearing on the day it&apos;s supposed to in your account.  But people still call it a paycheck.</text></comment>
<story><title>Founding a startup with zero revenue is better than working for Goldman Sachs</title><url>http://adgrok.com/why-founding-a-three-person-startup-with-zero-revenue-is-better-than-working-for-goldman-sachs</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>eru</author><text>And you still get checks?</text></item><item><author>rdouble</author><text>Yes.</text></item><item><author>eru</author><text>Off-topic: Is it common to get paid every fortnight in America?</text></item><item><author>mcyger</author><text>Just to provide a balanced viewpoint: I&apos;ve worked in corporate America (Fortune 5 company), dealt with banality and bureaucracy, banged my head against the wall over and over again, left, started my own company, grew it to millions, sold it, semi-retired. I love startups and the details of this blog, however, when you want to see your kids, sleep in the same bed as your wife, and have a paycheck deposited in your bank account every other Friday, there&apos;s nothing better than working for an established company.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rdouble</author><text>I got actual paper checks when I was contracting, when I&apos;ve worked for small startups that hadn&apos;t set up a direct deposit system for payroll, and when I worked at Dairy Queen in high school.</text></comment>