u/goldtechnique

9yoe, 34M

I’ve been at a financial services/data corporate for 5 years, working as a data scientist on AI agents within the research group. I develop the products but I’m not on the team that productionizes them.

I got an offer and already negociated from a Series A startup that matches my base salary and half of my annual corporate bonus, plus stock options (monopoly money, I know). I’d be losing some cash overall, but I’d still be earning a very high salary (90th percentile for my country)

Corporate: I had huge growth here when the business was growing, but that growth phase is over. The company is now nearshoring and offshoring work, and laying off low performers every quarter. There were many reorgs last year, there’s a lot of micromanagement, long hours, politics and general chaos. I’m pretty tired of it. Most of the people I work with are in lower-cost countries. I don’t think I can develop my network and in particular local network since everyone I work with is in different far-away location, which also poses a career risk.

The company doesn’t offer part-time work, doesn’t count overtime, and is just chaotic overall. That said, my boss is absolutely fantastic, and I have a close-knit team. I’m well paid with a solid cash bonus, and my position feels fairly secure since I’m using AI to make products more efficient and cut costs.

Startup: They have product-market fit and are planning to raise a Series B next year. They have a solid client base with some big names, and they build AI agents for financial services. They have a very strong vertical but are still an LLM wrapper. I’d be working as a forward-deployed AI engineer at one of their clients: good for networking, social life and for working with skilled people locally. Heard that working hours are manageable and not worse than what I have with possibly part time depending on function.

Not sure which way to go: take the startup offer, or stay at corporate.

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I live in Geneva and I’m honestly confused about the rules. Hoping someone here knows the actual law.
Two things I see daily:

1. Motorbikes filtering through separated bike lanes, not the dashed-line ones, but the physically separated lanes. They use them to overtake traffic at red lights.
2. Motorbikes parking in the bike boxes in front of trafic lights, meant for cyclists to wait ahead of cars at red lights.

I’m trying to understand the legal side:
- Is there a specific Geneva rule that allows motor vehicles into separated bike lanes?
- From a safety standpoint, is a 200kg motorcycle sharing a narrow protected lane with a bicycle actually intended by the regulation?
- Are the rules different for scooters vs full motorbikes?
It feels surreal to be in a lane specifically designed to separate bikes from motorized traffic, only to share it with motorized traffic. Is the bike lane sign meant as a general “two wheels welcome” indication, or am I misreading it?

Not trying to start a war with motorcyclists, genuinely curious whether I’m misreading the road markings or whether these rules just aren’t enforced. Would love input from anyone who actually knows the regulation.
Thanks!​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​