Working at a Startup, Pt. 1

Working at a startup is a barrel of fun

We got a world class culture that is second to none

We got a pantry with the shelves stocked full of good snacks

Which are gluten free and vegan in a hundred cal packs

Working at a startup is a barrel of fun

We got a world class culture that is second to none

We got a pantry with the shelves stocked full of good snacks

Which are gluten free and vegan in a hundred cal packs

Elevator opens wave hello to the receptionist

She returns my wave i say thank you she says dont mention it

I swipe my badge against the reader hear a muted tone

Double doors swing open and i slip into my second home

Grab some mints up off the counter next to pictures of our founder

Showed up thirty past the hour no one cares

Along the glass all scrawled in marker lies the past

Of every idea amassed inside of squares (flowchart)

A couple cornhole platforms sit there undisturbed -

Adjacent to the board room with a sign that says “reserved” -

The ping pong table has red solo cups arranged

Into some triangles awaiting players for the evening games

Working at a startup is a barrel of laughs

We got a world class culture and we’re having a blast

We got a pantry with the shelves stocked full of good snacks

Which are gluten free and vegan in a hundred cal packs

Past the room filled up with all the newest consoles

Beyond the bathrooms secured by our amazon roles

Next to the theater that screens all the new movies

Sits a standing desk where i can work and carry out my duties

I kick my bean bag to the side and shake my cursor

Mistype my password a few times to log onto the server

Dismiss the errors that i always get on boot

Cuz my wifi and my ethernet are forced into the same route

Lower my desk - and swivel in my herman miller

I open slack so i can bring up whats for dinner

I browse the memes a bit to give myself a chuckle

Then i open up vscode and begin to crack my knuckles

A gentle breeze go wafting through an open window

And my coworker gets up to go and play on the nintendo

“my codes compiling - and the docker wont deploy

Im gonna play untitled goose game its the only thing that brings me joy”

Open my email and scroll down a couple pages

Half the replies are to tickets sitting in their planning stages

I select all mark as read and create filters for the rest

Kick my office chair behind me and then start to raise my desk

Clickclack on the mechanical - yea

Im a motherfucking animal - yea

Vaping on that botanical - yea

Reading markdown manuals - yea

Bout an hour passes in walks my manager

He mumbles something about fixing the load balancer

Dials up his voicemail and skips on past the greeting

Then hes right back up and on the move hes got another meeting

The executives are bitching every conference room is taken

Theyre sitting in a circle looking somber and theyre shaken

Kind of thirsty better go and grab a monster

Out of our monster fridge because we have them as a sponsor