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TL;DR if you spend 35 years as an engineer, you'll still need to work for a living, but if you spend 35 years as an entrepreneur or VC, you'll likely be retired
by codex 13y ago
TL;DR if you spend 35 years as an engineer, you'll still need to work for a living, but if you spend 35 years as an entrepreneur or VC, you'll likely be retired long before that. In other words, it's better to be at the top of the pyramid than working for someone at the top.
- simonbrown 13y agoThe chances are you won't, since most businesses fail.
- mwfunk 13y agoYeah, that's not true at all. Lots of people find success as an entrepreneur but they're the exceptions, not the rule. I'm not saying that it's something that people shouldn't attempt, and it certainly has a higher success rate than attempting to be, say, a rock star or a professional athlete, but it is by nature a high risk endeavor.
- michaelochurch 13y agoif you spend 35 years as a[...] VC, you'll likely be retired long before that. In other words, it's better to be at the top of the pyramid than working for someone at the top. Fixed that. However, if you have a Stanford degree, you have an inside track on being a funded entrepreneur, so it may be a safer path.