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> Is quitting the right next step? Why do all these Entrepreneurial articles and stories promote quitting and going 'All in'. If you develop the discipline an
by sean_patel 10y ago
> Is quitting the right next step?
Why do all these Entrepreneurial articles and stories promote quitting and going 'All in'.
If you develop the discipline and commitment and have the 'applied faith' that your product or startup idea will succeed (based on the parameters you set for success) then you should be able to do it nights and weekends.
Even Matt Mullenweg, WordPress co-founder didn't straight up 'Quit' and work on wordpress full time. He was still working at CNet to pay the bills, and bootstrapped Wordpress with 10,000 $ that he saved from his day job and worked on it nights and weekends.
"I quit my day job and started my own company and make a good living" stories are very very few. The media only focussed on these success stories and not the other 99% that fail and have to go back to a day job, with a mountain of debt.
- curun1r 10y agoProbably because most people are incapable of documenting that their work occurred off-hours and without company resources. And even if they are, their employer can still tie them up in litigation if the company ever takes off. Working contract jobs to support your startup aspirations can make sense, but working as an FTE is pretty risky.