"If I feel that this is not the case, or become isolated, I'll jump ship on a dime. Also, if I'm ever passed over for a plum assignment that is within my capability, I'll launch my resumes that afternoon."
is not that you will leave if your needs aren't being met; that is expected in any relationship. The reason why that raises a red flag is that it implies that you won't take action to educate yourself, and to create new interesting projects for the company if they aren't fed to you, to go and make contact with other team members if you feel isolated.
Seriously, I don't want to hire someone who wants to be a passive vessel. I ain't your daddy. I want people who will go out and get cool shit done. Sure, I'm okay hiring someone who has potential but not experience, and helping them get that experience, but I want them to be an /active participant/ in the exercise, not some passive vessel.
If you want to hire someone who will be ambitious and get stuff done on their own, why would he want to do that stuff for you when he could be doing it for himself?
starting capital and risk tolerance, mostly. Getting a business to the 'ramen profitability' stage can be a long and difficult task.
Also, some people prefer to not deal with 'business stuff' at all.
Obviously there is a continuum between 'only does exactly what he is told' and 'runs the business without me' and most people are somewhere between that. I'm just saying; people who quickly return to idle after a task is done rather than seeking out more work are significantly less useful.
Also, people who can't tell me when they are ready for a new challenge (or that they are being shoved into water that is too deep) are significantly less useful than those who can.
"If I feel that this is not the case, or become isolated, I'll jump ship on a dime. Also, if I'm ever passed over for a plum assignment that is within my capability, I'll launch my resumes that afternoon."
is not that you will leave if your needs aren't being met; that is expected in any relationship. The reason why that raises a red flag is that it implies that you won't take action to educate yourself, and to create new interesting projects for the company if they aren't fed to you, to go and make contact with other team members if you feel isolated.
Seriously, I don't want to hire someone who wants to be a passive vessel. I ain't your daddy. I want people who will go out and get cool shit done. Sure, I'm okay hiring someone who has potential but not experience, and helping them get that experience, but I want them to be an /active participant/ in the exercise, not some passive vessel.