Nah, the whole point of working for someone else is it lowers your own risk, have a good salary and a stable income. If mission and purpose is that important, m

Nah, the whole point of working for someone else is it lowers your own risk, have a good salary and a stable income. If mission and purpose is that important, might as well accept the full risk and work on your own idea. Assuming you have the qualifications to get a FAANG job, taking a pay cut to burn yourself out at a start-up where you get peanuts when the start-up sells just seems like the worst of both worlds.