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Well, on the one hand, you are at a unique the time of your life when you can invest your time into a startup (assuming you are single, and willing to eat some

Well, on the one hand, you are at a unique the time of your life when you can invest your time into a startup (assuming you are single, and willing to eat some ramen). On the other hand, clearly you could be doing better, and any skills/experience/salary history you acquire now will put you in a very attractive position in a few years, and really will compound for the rest of your life. I think you need to do some soul searching, and ask what is your motivation, what is your passion? Are you in this startup because you believe in it, think it can fly, and are willing to sacrifice a lot? Or are you there because you fell into it, they gave you a job, they're good guys, etc? Other questions to ask are: - What's your risk tolerance? - Do you mean to have a family some day? - How important is money to your situation? - What would you value more: the experience of building something yourself, or the experience of working on a team?

ryhanson 12y ago
I have a family already. I am married with an 8 month old daughter and plan on having one more child. Thats what is really making me consider going with the more established company. With that said though, I did somewhat fall into this startup, they offered my a job, it seemed promising, I do see a bright future for it and I do see it succeeding. But I'm not sure I want to wait it out and take the risk just yet. I have lots of experience building something myself, and I do enjoy that. But thinking back to my college days I also really really enjoyed working on another team with other developers, which is something I have not done since college. Thats what was appealing to me about startups, was the environment and being surrounded by other developers. I now realize thats not the case until a startup becomes somewhat successful and has funding to make something like that happen.

ryhanson 12y ago

I have a family already. I am married with an 8 month old daughter and plan on having one more child. Thats what is really making me consider going with the more established company. With that said though, I did somewhat fall into this startup, they offered my a job, it seemed promising, I do see a bright future for it and I do see it succeeding. But I'm not sure I want to wait it out and take the risk just yet. I have lots of experience building something myself, and I do enjoy that. But thinking back to my college days I also really really enjoyed working on another team with other developers, which is something I have not done since college. Thats what was appealing to me about startups, was the environment and being surrounded by other developers. I now realize thats not the case until a startup becomes somewhat successful and has funding to make something like that happen.