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They missed the most important question: 26) Do you really want to be working for someone else? A smart friend of mine once told me, when you're an employee yo
by marcus 19y ago
They missed the most important question:
26) Do you really want to be working for someone else? A smart friend of mine once told me, when you're an employee you are generating wealth for someone else, when you're an entrepreneur you are generating your own wealth.
- benmathes 19y agoAnd taking your own risk. I know the crowd here (hacker/entrepreneur) doesn't always think this way, but many (most?) people don't live to build wealth and influence and instead just work for an income that allows them to play in their spare time.
- marcus 19y agoIf your tolerance for risk is low (for example because you have a family to support) join a startup as one of the early employees, you still get a percentage of the wealth you generate and have almost all of the "security" of working for an established company. It will also help you build the skills you'll need if one day you'll decide to build something of your own. I followed this path, and it was awesome for me. I call it a startup apprenticeship program, find an entrepreneur you admire and believe you can learn a lot from, and join his company early on.