> a more profitable approach might be to immediately start creating whatever you really care about, and let the question of what company creates your W-2 take c

> a more profitable approach might be to immediately start creating whatever you really care about, and let the question of what company creates your W-2 take care of itself. See, there's a fallacy in this way of thinking that many miss: Creating something doesn't pay the bills. Getting a successful idea off the ground takes a lot of time (and connections). Hopefully everybody here does have a job, but if you don't, then I'm sorry, but I have to say this to you, please don't spend all your time working on your billion dollar app idea -- go get a real job. And then once you do have a paying job, if you really want to spend your remaining free time working on an idea, understand that will suck and be hard. > I'd much rather work for the NEXT Google than the current one. I agree with this. I'm not saying you shouldn't work on your own ideas -- I certainly do -- I'm just saying you sound so idealistic -- do you have any idea the real world's a whole lot crueler. BTW: Just got rejected from a big tech company after 2-3 months of interviewing. OP I know your pain.