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Start your own company: you'll learn a ton, and be forced to stay sharp, since your survival depends on it.
by someear 11y ago
Start your own company: you'll learn a ton, and be forced to stay sharp, since your survival depends on it.
- astrodust 11y agoDestroy your marriage and social life! Ruin your financial situation for decades to come! No. Just no. It takes a certain breed of individual to take on this kind of challenge, to throw caution to the wind and just do it, plus a whole lot of tenacity and sheer luck to make it work out. If you want to learn new things, this is the worst possible advice. It's akin to saying "If you want to learn how to fly, throw yourself off a building." Having been through the start-up cycle many times, I'll tell you one thing: You won't learn a whole lot about technology compared to learning business. As a founder you'll spend far less time coding than you do wrangling spreadsheets and worrying about payroll.
- someear 11y agoThe OP asked how to stay sharp - not how to obtain ultimate happiness, or how to obtain the best balance of everything. Being a founder is probably the best way to learn and stay sharp. Of course it's not for everyone. Of course you're going to fail (at least a little, most likely a ton). And why is it decades of ruin? I could argue that running and failing your own company for 2-3 years will work better for you financially than going to work for a big tech company straight out of school (or at any point in time really). There's no need to "throw caution to the wind". Just be on top of what you're capable of, where your priorities are, and what your financial situation is (stay sharp on all these things).