> The main point here is that career decisions are highly personal and one person’s hell is another person’s heaven. This. From "depends on person" perspective

> The main point here is that career decisions are highly personal and one person’s hell is another person’s heaven. This. From "depends on person" perspective I fully agree with you, from monetary perspective I agree with the author. After years of working for startups, now success for me means, financially independent to work on whatever I enjoy doing, not some OKR, KPI set by person who already achieved their success story. Haven't reached my success. I was hesitant to do leetcode and join FAANG companies 10-15 years ago, worked for bunch of startups as an employee and contractor, all failed, financially I still depend on big boss, and even can be laid off if layoff season starts again. FAANG are not only more stable, but total compensation for 10 years can easily beat 1B$ exit startups, assuming you get 0.1% of equity there