I've always had a side project (I enjoy it) but I understand the author's sentiment. When it comes to financial matters, working on a side project doesn't make

I've always had a side project (I enjoy it) but I understand the author's sentiment. When it comes to financial matters, working on a side project doesn't make any sense. Unless you're connected to big VC money or have a good business network, your side project has 0% chance of success no matter what you do. No matter how much better than the competition it is. On the other hand, corporations or hotshot startups are connected to big VC money so they have a very good chance of success and most of the founders of these companies don't fully realize how lucky they are and so it's easy to get a sweet deal from them... You can get a lot more money for a fraction of the work. You don't need to add any value, just support the status quo (which requires almost no effort).