The middle ground is compelling too. Join someone else's startup, but only if it looks promising. Small and medium sized businesses can represent an optimal so

The middle ground is compelling too. Join someone else's startup, but only if it looks promising. Small and medium sized businesses can represent an optimal solution once you factor in the influence you can have at this scale. If you are truly gifted at what you do with technology, the SMB route is the best bet. The extremes of solo and mega corp will wear you down in their own special ways - doing too much and doing too little.