dataker

Are you a developer?

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).

I'm Brazilian and you are completely correct.

I am also a vira-lata, and couldn't agree more.

Brazil, like other 3rd world countries, has an endemic cultural problem that hinders economic, social or technological progress.

You can "fight" corruption, but if it's part of your culture, it will always find a way back.

Congrats for the project, but you'd really need to rewrite 500 years of history to make Brazil a livable place.

This is pretty terrible support management. In our company, if a case is opened for more than 5 days, the entire team is notified.

If then nobody does anything, the entire department is notified. That never had to happen.

It's not just customers.

I manage teams of support engineers/agents.

They will do anything to avoid a phone call.

Indeed, almost all the time, phone calls lead nowhere, only to emotional distress.

If you have a really serious issue, you need to escalate to an actual software/platform engineer, and that's something that takes hours, if not days.

As someone in my early 20s, I can say the young innovator myth also severely hurts the youth.

When you're told you need to achieve X by 30, you may end up destroying relationships, having health issues and depression.

>AI isn’t like an oil field owned by a handful of people

Sure, it's free to access open-source AI tools.

However, only huge corporations have enough capital to first build these ground-breaking technologies.

Being the first, it becomes almost impossible to compete at a later stage ("Thiel's aim for a monopoly").

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.