You'll work hard and climb the ladder, and Google has the resources to reward you at levels most startups can only dream of. Believe it or not, even in early 2004 pre-IPO, I had a hard time persuading engineers that no, it wasn't too late to join Google and still make a lot of money.Īnd of course, if you do really well at Google, the founder's awards, bonuses, and so on will make you wealthy, so if you're really really smart, joining a big company like Google even at a very late stage makes a lot of sense.

Too many people forget that, thinking that they'd rather join a smaller startup (or one that has a smaller valuation) than to join one that's already rather established.

Having said that, there's a very old adage, which is that it's better to have a small piece of a big pie than a big piece of a small pie. I occasionally get questions like: 'Is it too late to make a lot of money by joining company X?' This is very silly, because if you've already interviewed with the company, you'll know the situation better than I would, and therefore, you'll know better than I would. Of course, those 24 miles had probably clocked in at 4500' of climbing. David had gotten onto the BART at Lafayette after just 24 miles. Since Matt's the first person to have ever completed that ride, I'll have to fix the route sheet for next time. Matt had been waiting for a couple of hours and told me that the 'easy 35 miler' had turned out to be closer to 45. The descent down Tunnel road, however, with the gorgeous bay views and theĮasy riding re-energized me, and we made it down to the car at 4:30pm. Nevertheless, the climb up Pinehurst was slow, and the climb along Skyline to Tunnel road took all that I had left. Fortunately, a bit of food and water and all the endurolytes I could eat cleared my vision. Fortunately, Sandor was happy to slow for me.Īt Moraga Center, I knew I was in trouble when after sitting down for 3 minutes I tried to get up again and saw stars instead. By this time I was feeling the effort or the ride, and had slowed considerably. Franklin Canyon road is rough enough to provide a gratituous butt massage, and then we ended up rejoining the 'C' route on Reliez Valley road. It had been 2 years since I last climbed McEwen Road, and I'd forgotten how pleasantly shaded it was, and we made our way over to Franklin Canyon road. We then made our way over to Pinole and Richmond, riding by the ugly refineries before coming over along the Carquinez Straits to climb McEwen road. Nevertheless, it was a big improvement from the fog that greeted us on this ride.Īt the intersection with Alhambra Valley Road, we opted for the longer ride, and Greg pulled us for a bit before taking off to do some shopping with his daughter. The weather was clear and beautiful, but the haze (probably from the SD fires) restricted visibility.

Sandor set a blistering pace up Tunnel road and soon we had dropped David and Matt. Matt and Sandor met us at the park with the porta-portees and we rode up together to Tunnel road. Matt went to use the restroom, and we got started because I wanted to go use a porta-portee instead. Joining Matt Blain and I at the start was David Reiss and Greg Merritt.

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