> I’m really curious why people love working at startups when big companies pay 2-5x more and have less stress. It's simple. If you want to shape something and

> I’m really curious why people love working at startups when big companies pay 2-5x more and have less stress. It's simple. If you want to shape something and grow it from the ground up, doing it at a startup is one of the most likely ways you can do it. Because the team is small, you have to get your hands in a lot of things. Because things are moving quickly, stopping to gold plate things can be dangerous. Because sharing a stressful situation with people can build trust and lifelong relationship. I've launched new products at established companies and every person has a role and every job has an assignee. If you step out of/beyond your role, you're stepping on someone else and could be ticking off the wrong person. That said, once your piece of the job is done, you can ignore the rest and "failure" isn't on you. Startups or big companies aren't for everyone but each has benefits and tradeoffs.