{"id":44,"date":"2015-01-24T07:17:16","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T01:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.officechai.com\/?p=44"},"modified":"2018-04-06T23:35:37","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T18:05:37","slug":"signs-that-youre-meant-to-be-working-at-a-start-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officechai.com\/office-humour\/signs-that-youre-meant-to-be-working-at-a-start-up\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Signs That You Belong At A Start-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is your 9-5 job getting you down? Feeling miserable on Monday mornings? Dreaming a little too frequently about your large office building burning down in a red-hot blaze? Maybe you aren\u2019t meant to be working a conventional job. Here are 9 unmistakable signs that you belong at a startup.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Signs you should work at a startup<\/h1>\n

1.\u00a0You simply cannot stand office jargon<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"disgusted\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPlease utilize synergies while optimizing resources and maintaining a low upper bound on the headcount\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a02. You don’t need a suit and tie to be productive<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n


\n<\/a> \"mark<\/a><\/strong>“Would you wear brown shoes with black pants?”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/a>3. You get your best work done at night<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Batman\"<\/a>..the daytime sun can be a bitch on my delicate skin.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a04. You work well\u00a0under pressure<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

\"stress\"<\/a>..just figuring out how to raise $1 million in venture capital by tomorrow evening<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

5. Jugaad runs in your blood<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Life<\/a>“Of course we have a registered office!”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>6. You hate being micromanaged<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Hitler<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPlease have these files at my desk by 2 pm. And place them in the top left corner, in decreasing order of the colours of the visible spectrum\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

7. In fact, you might be a bit of a rebel at heart<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"rebel\"<\/a>“No, I shall place them in increasing order of the colours of the visible spectrum”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

8. You hate feeling like a part of a crowd<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"election-crowd-wellington-new-zealand-1931-photographed-by-william-hall-raine\"<\/a><\/strong>“Repeat after me: We are all different”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

9. You want to change the world<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"changetheworld\"<\/a>..and the Ferrari isn’t going to\u00a0buy itself<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Recommended Reads: <\/span><\/p>\n

Meet these 11 people who quit their jobs to do something amazing<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

13 Classic Signs You Need to Quit Your Job<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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