>the alternative is so comfortable and risk free I've seen people with a decade of experience on the job "disappeared" and there's little more than an email to

>the alternative is so comfortable and risk free I've seen people with a decade of experience on the job "disappeared" and there's little more than an email to the staff telling us they are gone, effective immediately. I don't consider that comfortable or risk free. Especially true if one is in charge of systems, because of stories about loose cannons like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12179637 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12179637 >Maybe its better to try and fail than never to have tried at all. I hear this sentiment mostly from upper middle class people who can fall back on family if they fail. I don't meet a lot of people who have experienced true financial ruin, recovered, and are willing to risk going back. A lot of us are as hungry as any entrepreneur. We simply don't have the safety nets. I don't know your case. Maybe you're as "financially independent" as I am, but advice like that sounds condescending in such a context. Of course they'll walk the tightrope. They've got a net. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10979926 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10979926