Hmm .. I moved to management and have to disagree with you. It is a shit ton of work dealing with so many people, projects, technologies, etc. It feels not wort

Hmm .. I moved to management and have to disagree with you. It is a shit ton of work dealing with so many people, projects, technologies, etc. It feels not worth it from a dollar perspective or a sanity perspective. To summarize, burn-out is a very real danger for managers and founders. I know of some founders who made it big .. in their early days, we'd joke about back-up plans when it all crumbles. To give an example of someone I don't know directly .. even Elon Musk had a backup to move into his wife's parent's basement when his company collapsed (per my recollection, this is in the Ashley Vance book). Speaking of Elon again, it seemed he did burn out post paypal .. his send a rocket to Mars seemed like a crazy idea to get him motivated again.