What I mean by going too far is when you start believing that your way is the one true way for everyone. I like to call this effect "Born Again Entrepreneurs" -

What I mean by going too far is when you start believing that your way is the one true way for everyone. I like to call this effect "Born Again Entrepreneurs" - where a newly entrepreneurial escapee becomes literally evangelical about the benefits of running your own business vs working in a corporation. Different people have different life choices, and climbing up the ladder in MegaCorp Inc is not intrinsically worse or better than running a consultancy or startup. It may be worse for me at this point, but for others it's exactly the right choice.