I think the logic is simple: while(true) { getHired(); work(); quitOrGetFired(); } There's no logical explanation for any of these steps. Every compa

I think the logic is simple: while(true) { getHired(); work(); quitOrGetFired(); } There's no logical explanation for any of these steps. Every company that is being funded is not funded for being responsible, but for showcasing a hockey stick growth and making investors go $$$$$$$. If you're lucky, there's a chance your company will be an unicorn, and if you are luckier, your stock will mean something, and if you are one of the luckiest, you can actually sell it and do something else with your life than work. Anecdotal evidence shows that you need to be really lucky than be meritorious to make money. It also shows that even with low luck, periods of employment basically give you that money stream. Leave the analysis for someone else and get going! I've already done the good deed of referring the Uber engineers in my network. IMO, about the open source thing - Now that you've left Uber, you still have the neat tools you need to build something better, faster, bigger and someone else already paid for the caveman to science work.