Do something in between. If you have a great job that pays well expand your network and start investing excess cash into startups really early on. This way you

Do something in between. If you have a great job that pays well expand your network and start investing excess cash into startups really early on. This way you dip your toes into those waters and get to see all the dirt and help them clean it up. Along the way you might find an interesting opportunity/problem worth solving yourself that could turn into a future business. Look at this as "preparation". Far far better than following the herd coz it's the thing to do "to start a startup" and ending up with nothing after few failed attempts.