--- title: You Know You Work at a Startup When… – Pressboard description: by 1. Your foosball skills have gotten BETTER since college   2. You don’t have a business model and you don’t feel it’s a “major concern”   3. You think t image: https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Silicon-Valley-1-2.jpg --- ![](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Silicon-Valley-1-2.jpg) ![Jerrid Grimm](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/3c95cec3f488f6a82975d0b2ed0d225b) by [Jerrid Grimm](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/magazine/author/jerrid-grimm) [September 18, 2015](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/magazine/author/jerrid-grimm) # You Know You Work at a Startup When… ![](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/3c95cec3f488f6a82975d0b2ed0d225b-Jul-23-2020-04-12-31-59-PM.jpeg?width=68&height=68&name=3c95cec3f488f6a82975d0b2ed0d225b-Jul-23-2020-04-12-31-59-PM.jpeg) by ##### 1. Your foosball skills have gotten BETTER since college   ##### 2. You don’t have a business model and you don’t feel it’s a “major concern” [![Ferris](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Ferris-2.jpg?width=628&height=354&name=Ferris-2.jpg)](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Ferris-2.jpg)   ##### 3. You think that Snapchat is soooo April 2014 [![Snapchat glasses](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Snapchat-glasses-2.jpg?width=858&height=643&name=Snapchat-glasses-2.jpg)](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Snapchat-glasses-2.jpg)   ##### 4. You own an unreasonable number of plaid shirts [![Plaid shirts](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Plaid-shirts-2.jpg?width=991&height=657&name=Plaid-shirts-2.jpg)](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Plaid-shirts-2.jpg)   ##### 5. Your sense of style could be described as “fancy lumberjack” while your facial hair could only be described as “homeless” [![Hipster Lumberjack](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Hipser-Lumberjack-1024x512-2.jpg?width=1024&height=512&name=Hipser-Lumberjack-1024x512-2.jpg)](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Hipser-Lumberjack-2.jpg)   ##### 6. You didn’t even know that SxSW had a music portion [![What](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/What--2.jpg?width=649&height=365&name=What--2.jpg)](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/What--2.jpg)   ##### 7. Your dream car isn’t a Ferrari or a Maserati, it’s a Tesla #### [![Tesla vs ferrari](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Tesla-vs-ferrari-1024x576-2.jpg?width=1024&height=576&name=Tesla-vs-ferrari-1024x576-2.jpg)](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Tesla-vs-ferrari-2.jpg)   ##### 8. You think that the show Silicon Valley should be considered a documentary [![Silicon Valley](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Silicon-Valley-1024x576-2.jpg?width=1024&height=576&name=Silicon-Valley-1024x576-2.jpg)](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Silicon-Valley-2.jpg)   ##### 9. When someone asks you to name the three different types of clouds you say “AWS, Azure and Google Cloud” [![Clouds AWS](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Clouds-AWS-1024x683-2.jpg?width=1024&height=683&name=Clouds-AWS-1024x683-2.jpg)](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Clouds-AWS-2.jpg)   ##### 10. You ended a friendship because of a mobile web vs native app argument [![friends-fighting](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/friends-fighting-2.gif?width=670&height=502&name=friends-fighting-2.gif)](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/friends-fighting-2.gif)   ##### 11. You broke up with a girlfriend/boyfriend once because they still had a Blackberry [![Dawson crying](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Dawson-crying-2.jpg?width=720&height=405&name=Dawson-crying-2.jpg)](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Dawson-crying-2.jpg)   ##### 12. When you say your team is agile and great in a scrum you aren’t talking about rugby [![Scrum](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Scrum-2.jpg?width=640&height=457&name=Scrum-2.jpg)](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Scrum-2.jpg)   ##### 13. You have no idea how you communicated before Slack [![slackbotbot bathroom](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/slackbotbot-bathroom-2.jpg?width=750&height=421&name=slackbotbot-bathroom-2.jpg)](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/slackbotbot-bathroom-2.jpg) ##### 14. On your last holiday you took a recommendation from someone you’ve never spoken to (Tripadvisor), got a ride from someone you didn’t know (UberX) and stayed in someone’s bed that you’ve never met (AirBnB). [![Uber](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Uber-2.png?width=646&height=430&name=Uber-2.png)](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Uber-2.png)   ##### 15. You’re super proud that your last startup failed so quickly [![baby fist pump](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/baby-fist-pump-2.jpg?width=652&height=434&name=baby-fist-pump-2.jpg)](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/baby-fist-pump-2.jpg)   ##### 16. You pivot more than a gold medal figure skater [![Figure Skater](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Figure-Skater-2.jpg?width=679&height=317&name=Figure-Skater-2.jpg)](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Figure-Skater-2.jpg)   ##### 17. You’re more familiar with Ashton Kutcher’s investment portfolio than his acting career [![Ashton Kutcher idea](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Ashton-Kutcher-idea-2.gif?width=700&height=395&name=Ashton-Kutcher-idea-2.gif)](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Ashton-Kutcher-idea-2.gif)   ##### 18. The only petition you’ve ever signed was in support of Uber [![Save Uber Petition](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Save-Uber-Petition-2.jpg?width=700&height=495&name=Save-Uber-Petition-2.jpg)](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Save-Uber-Petition-2.jpg)   ##### 19. You would consider The Lean Startup the most recent “Great American Novel” [![Great American Novels](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Great-American-Novels-2.jpg?width=700&height=400&name=Great-American-Novels-2.jpg)](https://www.pressboardmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Great-American-Novels-2.jpg) ##### 20. You’ll share this post because everyone you hangout with now is also in a startup > ##### [Click to Tweet this post](http://ctt.ec/cMee6) Have something to add to the list? Share with the hashtag #startuplife. Want to work at a startup? 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