The problem with coding for someone else (8 year vet here), is that you reach a point where you've seen a lot of hard problems and you start feeling like you ar

The problem with coding for someone else (8 year vet here), is that you reach a point where you've seen a lot of hard problems and you start feeling like you are using the same concepts over and over and not really learning anything. So, you start looking for bigger, harder problems to solve, but in Big[NonSoftware]Co, its hard to find an interesting project to expand your horizons. And you can't really take risks, because the company typically hates risk (at least the kind of risk associated with letting some random software guy do something out-of-the-box). So, you stop seeking up within the company and start seeking more challenging problems outside. It turns out that growing a great business is one of the hardest challenges ever, so naturally, people who are natural risk-takers that really want to challenge themselves will eventually look to create a startup. Thats why.