I love the philosophy of bootstrapped companies, and would love for there to be more of them out there to work for (on the employee end), and a healthy ecosyste

I love the philosophy of bootstrapped companies, and would love for there to be more of them out there to work for (on the employee end), and a healthy ecosystem of them to compete in (rather than just being immediately eaten alive by whatever VC wants to throw money at). If you can make it work for you, and you're happy, do that thing. Chasing money at all costs is a very different path than what appears to motivate you, but is what VC would require.