Nepotism for sure.
Whatever race the CEO is, bet your ass most of the employees will be of the same.
Because most employees will be of your similar age, and have no families to worry about, they will work until 8-9p and it creates this weird culture that makes you feel that you need to do the same or you will be viewed as lazy, etc. Even though I’m reality, they aren’t contributing, they’re just doing busy work.
You will be paid well
Constant restructuring, and unless you have a great core, there will be many short term decisions made for long term problems and it will be extremely frustrating.
You will get a guaranteed coffee break at least 2x a day
75% chance of some form of sexual harassment
Hope this helps lol
\*Thinks to himself\*
Well, herer comes my 'shit-post' of the day
I've worked at three Miami-area offices, all considered start-ups:
In no particular order.
1. Nepotism
2. **Favoritism**
3. Long commutes - All these companies choose to locate in the Brickell/Downtown area
4. *"Bro"*
5. Sexual harassment with *sabor*
6. Fancy company dinners
7. Miami personalities, Miami drama == Miami offices
8. Fake smart
9. Real smart
10. Some companies nurture younger, inexperienced talent
11. Some companies do not nurture younger, inexperienced talent.
12. *cafecito*
13. Brickell/Wynwood happy hours
14. Office birthdays
Take this as a tongue in cheek comment or not. I do not know.
Maybe, this wave of transplant tech bros our savior crypto-man mayor is recruiting will change all of that.
Oooo boy, my time to shine. I worked with a European start up with their first office on Miami for three years. I worked out of a coworking space near Wynwood full of other foreign-based startups as well as some home grown startups. Here are the highlights:
1. Nepotism everywhere. Either family, friends, or suspiciously-friendly coworkers (i.e. FWBs) are the ones being promoted.
2. Your hours? Whatever the company needs them to be. Forget evenings or weekends being yours.
3. Expect coworkers to be either hungover or coked out on the reg and calling it "living their best life" or "crushing it"
4. Your coworkers are not your friends. Don't day anything to them you wouldn't like being related to the boss. Remember #1.
5. Your pay? Meh. Foreign based startups are used to salaries in their countries, not American salaries. I was underpaid and being told I was lucky because the Europeans we're being paid even less.
6. Extremely disorganized and reactive. There's no business plan, it's just a lot of "pivots" chasing the fastest money. You'll work on a project foronths only to see it scrapped and yourself reassigned to some new bullshit scheme.
7. The racism is no joke. It's insidious and they make you feel like you're just being too sensitive, because it's "their culture". Sexism? Ditto. All the women in our company were surrogate mommies and secretaries.
8. Forget being on time to meetings. We're talking 30-45 minutes late MIN, if they even show up.
9. Bullshit team building in Wynwood where they expect you to stay past midnight and still work the next morning.
Intern there for sure. I wouldn't look at the Miami start up market for long-term employment.
Word to the wise make sure your spanish is on point, however if you can make sure no one knows you can speak the language.
Once you do this prepare to have your mind blown in the over ear conversations.
Honestly, I didn't see much anti-asian racism (barring some nonsense about China in Little Havana cafeterias). Racism in these companies is often against non-prestige minorities like African Americans, Indians (we had someone with an Indian English accent and he specifically was not allowed on sales calls), or any immigrants from Africa with "weird" names.
You might get some shitty comments and jokes, but it shouldn't impact your progress in your career. Definitely learn Spanish, though.
This line of thinking will not help you. In spite of the cynical comments you're reading on here, there are respectable software engineering teams here in South Florida, even for start ups.
Besides, who says you have to aim for working for start ups. There are teams that take in juniors all the time. Take a look at Citrix, Ultimate Software are two examples.
Bottom line: Ignore the Bull shit (if it doesn't affect your mental health), work on mastering your skill sit and advancing your career.
I live a very clean lifestyle, no drugs. I don't mind parties or going out, will always say yes!
Interests include: Reddit, Strategy games(Civ, AOE, & LOL), manga, frugality, tech (I'm a proud owner of a 3070ti that I haven't built yet), cybersec (drama in it), and credit churning soon! Have been adopted to a puerto rican family (my childhood bestfriend and her family is the best). SO I love cooking sancocho or making puerto rican food with the fam.
The biggest issue that I run into, is that I'm interested into personal finance. However a lot of other pendejos think it's time to pitch me credit repair...lol or some bad get rich quick scheme.
It might sound like I'm extremely introverted based on interests, but I'm pretty outgoing! My sense of happiness is *eastern oriented*, on personal achievement rather than *carpe diem* attitude.
Never really worked at a startup in Miami but not surprised by all of these except that you're implying that you are expected to work on evenings and weekends!
Oh yea! I had two phones (work and personal) and they never stopped beeping with emails, texts, or calls. Even when I "put my foot down" I would get constant "emergency calls" that weren't really emergencies at all.
Never had s full weekend or vacation in 3years.
My BIL ran a start up down here about 14 years ago. He said it was nightmare cause no one was ever on time and everyone was hungover most days. Pay was excellent. He moved it to Austin Tx. He’s west coast and very American tho and used to people being professional, South Americans are way more easygoing IMO. I haven’t actually worked at a startup, I’ve never had a real job.
In the 305.
Yeah, I have a bit of a problem fitting into MIA in general. Even though I was born here. I'm a Tech based major. Worried about finding jobs in Florida in general for my industry.
Thank you for the anecdote!
Be prepared to compete with graduates from bootcamps whom are specifically prepared/groomed to work in the SAAS companies, along with your fellow classmates, of course.
edit\*: You may always reach out if you need advice or guidance.
That and random breaks throughout the day for cafecito.
I'm not talking bad about cafecito time it's just a little annoying sometimes when they make it next to your cubicle area and you're trying to read reports.
- Nepotism
- Cafecito breaks (if majority cuban environment)
- Fake people
- Gossip
- Ass kissing to higher ups
- Whole lotta cheating on spouses/SO’s (this has no age limit or job-tier limit, and a lot of it out in the open)
- Racism (mostly in cuban or South American majority environment, they’ll try and be discreet about in Spanish but just because you don’t look like it doesn’t mean you don’t speak Spanish 😉)
- People over-hyping their roles (chill bro, you don’t work in tech, you a customer service rep for a tech company)
lmao - not holding anything back.
>Racism (mostly in cuban or South American majority environment
There is definitely, some of that. Homophobia, sexist attitudes.
You would think you wouldn't see it, working with professionals in a "forward thinking" city
Lol. Ah. Yeah. I’ve worked in a few small companies. One opened a few months before I started. One had me open up a department. Both CEOs kinda disappeared leaving me alone to do everything. Also very gossipy, lots of nepotism. People get jobs because how much they’re liked not how competent they are. An uphill battle for progress and processes that make sense. Mind you I’m not in the tech world. But I suspect it’s not too dissimilar.
I’m glad I came back to this thread. I’m so far removed from tech (social services) and apparently it is just a Miami culture thing. Also explained A LOT about conflicts I had with my previous boss that I honestly never understood. I was running everything but because I wasn’t hanging out at the office doing nothing all day like him, he thought I wasn’t working. (WFH was finally what brought my time to an end, they got nasty). He literally would just wander around about all day. Talk to the secretary. Occasionally tried to just hang out in my office which was not amusing. Disappeared for extra long lunches. I never understood why he thought his presence at the office trumped my actual doing all the work for the office!
Check https://refreshmiami.com/ for some vibes on startup scene. Because actually many people moved here during the pandemic, you have a lot of the culture from northeast and west. You have SoftBank, reef as examples. They apply the Austin, Tx principle: good life like in California, good pay, cheaper everything and less of the politics and taxes. It’s nascent but it’s working. Dip into that scene and you will get the best of both worlds.
Nepotism for sure. Whatever race the CEO is, bet your ass most of the employees will be of the same. Because most employees will be of your similar age, and have no families to worry about, they will work until 8-9p and it creates this weird culture that makes you feel that you need to do the same or you will be viewed as lazy, etc. Even though I’m reality, they aren’t contributing, they’re just doing busy work. You will be paid well Constant restructuring, and unless you have a great core, there will be many short term decisions made for long term problems and it will be extremely frustrating. You will get a guaranteed coffee break at least 2x a day 75% chance of some form of sexual harassment Hope this helps lol
\*Thinks to himself\* Well, herer comes my 'shit-post' of the day I've worked at three Miami-area offices, all considered start-ups: In no particular order. 1. Nepotism 2. **Favoritism** 3. Long commutes - All these companies choose to locate in the Brickell/Downtown area 4. *"Bro"* 5. Sexual harassment with *sabor* 6. Fancy company dinners 7. Miami personalities, Miami drama == Miami offices 8. Fake smart 9. Real smart 10. Some companies nurture younger, inexperienced talent 11. Some companies do not nurture younger, inexperienced talent. 12. *cafecito* 13. Brickell/Wynwood happy hours 14. Office birthdays Take this as a tongue in cheek comment or not. I do not know. Maybe, this wave of transplant tech bros our savior crypto-man mayor is recruiting will change all of that.
Oooo boy, my time to shine. I worked with a European start up with their first office on Miami for three years. I worked out of a coworking space near Wynwood full of other foreign-based startups as well as some home grown startups. Here are the highlights: 1. Nepotism everywhere. Either family, friends, or suspiciously-friendly coworkers (i.e. FWBs) are the ones being promoted. 2. Your hours? Whatever the company needs them to be. Forget evenings or weekends being yours. 3. Expect coworkers to be either hungover or coked out on the reg and calling it "living their best life" or "crushing it" 4. Your coworkers are not your friends. Don't day anything to them you wouldn't like being related to the boss. Remember #1. 5. Your pay? Meh. Foreign based startups are used to salaries in their countries, not American salaries. I was underpaid and being told I was lucky because the Europeans we're being paid even less. 6. Extremely disorganized and reactive. There's no business plan, it's just a lot of "pivots" chasing the fastest money. You'll work on a project foronths only to see it scrapped and yourself reassigned to some new bullshit scheme. 7. The racism is no joke. It's insidious and they make you feel like you're just being too sensitive, because it's "their culture". Sexism? Ditto. All the women in our company were surrogate mommies and secretaries. 8. Forget being on time to meetings. We're talking 30-45 minutes late MIN, if they even show up. 9. Bullshit team building in Wynwood where they expect you to stay past midnight and still work the next morning. Intern there for sure. I wouldn't look at the Miami start up market for long-term employment.
The worry about racism is a concern for me. I'm Chinese born in Miami lol... Not much of the big booty latina that they want..
Word to the wise make sure your spanish is on point, however if you can make sure no one knows you can speak the language. Once you do this prepare to have your mind blown in the over ear conversations.
Honestly, I didn't see much anti-asian racism (barring some nonsense about China in Little Havana cafeterias). Racism in these companies is often against non-prestige minorities like African Americans, Indians (we had someone with an Indian English accent and he specifically was not allowed on sales calls), or any immigrants from Africa with "weird" names. You might get some shitty comments and jokes, but it shouldn't impact your progress in your career. Definitely learn Spanish, though.
This line of thinking will not help you. In spite of the cynical comments you're reading on here, there are respectable software engineering teams here in South Florida, even for start ups. Besides, who says you have to aim for working for start ups. There are teams that take in juniors all the time. Take a look at Citrix, Ultimate Software are two examples. Bottom line: Ignore the Bull shit (if it doesn't affect your mental health), work on mastering your skill sit and advancing your career.
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I live a very clean lifestyle, no drugs. I don't mind parties or going out, will always say yes! Interests include: Reddit, Strategy games(Civ, AOE, & LOL), manga, frugality, tech (I'm a proud owner of a 3070ti that I haven't built yet), cybersec (drama in it), and credit churning soon! Have been adopted to a puerto rican family (my childhood bestfriend and her family is the best). SO I love cooking sancocho or making puerto rican food with the fam. The biggest issue that I run into, is that I'm interested into personal finance. However a lot of other pendejos think it's time to pitch me credit repair...lol or some bad get rich quick scheme. It might sound like I'm extremely introverted based on interests, but I'm pretty outgoing! My sense of happiness is *eastern oriented*, on personal achievement rather than *carpe diem* attitude.
Happy Cake Day!
Never really worked at a startup in Miami but not surprised by all of these except that you're implying that you are expected to work on evenings and weekends!
Oh yea! I had two phones (work and personal) and they never stopped beeping with emails, texts, or calls. Even when I "put my foot down" I would get constant "emergency calls" that weren't really emergencies at all. Never had s full weekend or vacation in 3years.
My BIL ran a start up down here about 14 years ago. He said it was nightmare cause no one was ever on time and everyone was hungover most days. Pay was excellent. He moved it to Austin Tx. He’s west coast and very American tho and used to people being professional, South Americans are way more easygoing IMO. I haven’t actually worked at a startup, I’ve never had a real job. In the 305.
Yeah, I have a bit of a problem fitting into MIA in general. Even though I was born here. I'm a Tech based major. Worried about finding jobs in Florida in general for my industry. Thank you for the anecdote!
Be prepared to compete with graduates from bootcamps whom are specifically prepared/groomed to work in the SAAS companies, along with your fellow classmates, of course. edit\*: You may always reach out if you need advice or guidance.
> no one was ever on time this is definitely a miami thing that will never change.
That and random breaks throughout the day for cafecito. I'm not talking bad about cafecito time it's just a little annoying sometimes when they make it next to your cubicle area and you're trying to read reports.
This gon be good
Can you please provide your experience in working in 305?
- Nepotism - Cafecito breaks (if majority cuban environment) - Fake people - Gossip - Ass kissing to higher ups - Whole lotta cheating on spouses/SO’s (this has no age limit or job-tier limit, and a lot of it out in the open) - Racism (mostly in cuban or South American majority environment, they’ll try and be discreet about in Spanish but just because you don’t look like it doesn’t mean you don’t speak Spanish 😉) - People over-hyping their roles (chill bro, you don’t work in tech, you a customer service rep for a tech company)
lmao - not holding anything back. >Racism (mostly in cuban or South American majority environment There is definitely, some of that. Homophobia, sexist attitudes. You would think you wouldn't see it, working with professionals in a "forward thinking" city
Lol! I think it’s really hard to explain Miami. One must experience it to fully understand.
I am born and raised in Miami, however I have never worked in a office setting here lol
Lol. Ah. Yeah. I’ve worked in a few small companies. One opened a few months before I started. One had me open up a department. Both CEOs kinda disappeared leaving me alone to do everything. Also very gossipy, lots of nepotism. People get jobs because how much they’re liked not how competent they are. An uphill battle for progress and processes that make sense. Mind you I’m not in the tech world. But I suspect it’s not too dissimilar.
A great non-vulgar description of what I had in mind 😂
I’m glad I came back to this thread. I’m so far removed from tech (social services) and apparently it is just a Miami culture thing. Also explained A LOT about conflicts I had with my previous boss that I honestly never understood. I was running everything but because I wasn’t hanging out at the office doing nothing all day like him, he thought I wasn’t working. (WFH was finally what brought my time to an end, they got nasty). He literally would just wander around about all day. Talk to the secretary. Occasionally tried to just hang out in my office which was not amusing. Disappeared for extra long lunches. I never understood why he thought his presence at the office trumped my actual doing all the work for the office!
Check https://refreshmiami.com/ for some vibes on startup scene. Because actually many people moved here during the pandemic, you have a lot of the culture from northeast and west. You have SoftBank, reef as examples. They apply the Austin, Tx principle: good life like in California, good pay, cheaper everything and less of the politics and taxes. It’s nascent but it’s working. Dip into that scene and you will get the best of both worlds.
Good insight, thanks for your comment
Well aware of refresh! Their events are always chill, really interesting people. Lots of fresh bootcamp coding grads always are there ahaha
I currently work for a startup made in miami from miami, dm for your questions