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I feel that I've learned an incredible amount since I left my job and started my start-up - and I think that's largely an indication of how little I actually kn
by alex_c 18y ago
I feel that I've learned an incredible amount since I left my job and started my start-up - and I think that's largely an indication of how little I actually knew when I jumped in.
If I can offer anything for consideration, it's this:
When do you want to make your mistakes? Now, or in a few years? While working for a large company, or while living off your savings? While doing stuff "on the side", or while doing it "for real"?
I am not advocating one choice over the other, but this might be another useful angle to approach the problem.
- IsaacSchlueter 18y agoThanks, that's actually helpful. Personally, I don't see "living off my savings" as a bad time to make mistakes. Webdevs are usually in short supply, and we're past the first speculative bubble, so "get a job" will likely always be an option. I can "retire" every 5 years :)
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- ajju 18y agoThis is a very good point. Also, the mistakes you make at a big company tend to be very specialized to the product you are working on. When you start up on your own the range of mistakes you can make blows up by an order of magnitude. You start learning a lot, fast, but this also means you have to be able to take failure in your stride. A startup will fish out and highlight every single hole in your knowledge, skills and personality. You better have the optimism, the enthusiasm and the friends (partners) who'll help you deal with that. I think this might be one of the major reasons single person startups often fail.