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How about the other way around ? Leaving entrepreneurship in order to take a corporate job and not looking back ?!... a bit of history: just around college ( 19
by slipwalker 8y ago
How about the other way around ? Leaving entrepreneurship in order to take a corporate job and not looking back ?!... a bit of history: just around college ( 1996-1997 ) with the internet boom in brazil, i took my first consultant clients, since then worked with several "fintech" ( wasn't called that by then, but that is what those companies were/are... ) and tried to grow my company ( software consultancy and tailored code ).
But being a tech entrepreneur below the equator line is not for mere mortals ( crony capitalism everywhere, labor and tax laws very fluid and incomprehensible by most professionals, terrible and costly infrastructure... ) so, last year i gave up.
Took a corporate job writing code on a multinational corporation ( gargantuan enough to have access to the juicy contracts, contacts and clients ) and now i have a paycheck every month, in exchange for just 8 hours a day of my life.
Before, it were 14 to 16 hours a day, plus weekends, no payed vacation, no time left for my family, and most months ( after payroll and taxes ) there were no money left for me...
- nikanj 8y agoI've seen people pre-exit startups. Be one of the founders, take a corporate job as soon as the initial vesting is complete and the business has solid traction You're basically gambling that the other founders won't scuttle the startup just to spite you. This way, you get to enjoy the possible lottery winnings from the startup eventually making it big, while simultaneously having the safety and comfort of a corporate job.