> There's not much point to enduring the hardship of launching a startup if there's no hope of growing it into at least a medium or large business though? If l

> There's not much point to enduring the hardship of launching a startup if there's no hope of growing it into at least a medium or large business though? If launching a successful startup is your goal, then working at a FAANG (or a startup, for that matter) is definitely a good idea. But I think the underlying assumption you're making is that launching a software startup is one's ultimate goal, which isn't a given.