Why I Quit My Job to Start a Tech Company

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Post by frankdenbow » Wed, Aug 03, 2011, 3:01 PM UTC

Why I Quit My Job to Start a Tech Company
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Re: Why I Quit My Job to Start a Tech Company

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Post by famoreira » Wed, Aug 03, 2011, 3:19 PM UTC

Most people would consider a $250k salary as 'making it'. Kudos to you for being brave and building something on your own.

Re: Why I Quit My Job to Start a Tech Company

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Post by Casc » Wed, Aug 03, 2011, 3:41 PM UTC

250k 3 years out of college? Jesus... I have plenty of Ivy league friends in IB & PE making no where near that.. He landed a serious gig. Definitely tough to leave something so cushy so young. Sometimes it really is all about the game.

Re: Why I Quit My Job to Start a Tech Company

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Post by frankdenbow » Wed, Aug 03, 2011, 3:49 PM UTC

Props for measuring success on metrics other than how much money you are making

Re: Why I Quit My Job to Start a Tech Company

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Post by Nemisis7654 » Wed, Aug 03, 2011, 3:59 PM UTC

As a young man still in college who wants to build something, this was very inspiring. Especially this line:

  The only way to know how good you might be at something is to fail trying it.

Great post. I'm bookmarking it.

Re: Why I Quit My Job to Start a Tech Company

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Post by Iv » Wed, Aug 03, 2011, 4:03 PM UTC

frankdenbow wrote: post #4

Props for measuring success on metrics other than how much money you are making

Props for that but I am not sure that replacing the money metrics by the buzz metrics is the way to go.

Re: Why I Quit My Job to Start a Tech Company

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Post by Casc » Wed, Aug 03, 2011, 4:06 PM UTC

Nemisis7654 wrote: post #5

As a young man still in college who wants to build something, this was very inspiring. Especially this line: The only way to know how good you might be at something is to fail trying it. Great post. I'm bookmarking it.

His blog also has a great road map for learning to code/build your first web app if you're a non-CS major. Helped me out quite a bit.

Re: Why I Quit My Job to Start a Tech Company

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Post by zmitri » Wed, Aug 03, 2011, 4:13 PM UTC

It seems to me like he is replacing money with "status." Building something on your own, and wanting to tell a room full of people about building something are completely different.

Re: Why I Quit My Job to Start a Tech Company

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Post by CapitalistCartr » Wed, Aug 03, 2011, 4:14 PM UTC

Casc wrote: post #3

250k 3 years out of college? Jesus... I have plenty of Ivy league friends in IB & PE making no where near that.. He landed a serious gig. Definitely tough to leave something so cushy so young. Sometimes it really is all about the game.

What is IB & PE?

Re: Why I Quit My Job to Start a Tech Company

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Post by UncleOxidant » Wed, Aug 03, 2011, 4:14 PM UTC

Doing the opposite now. Spent the last year in a very early stage startup. Finally got fed up with the low pay ("but we're giving you equity...") and the lack of direction. It seemed like every other week we had a new direction. And the latest new direction was so bizarre that I'm tempted to make a mockumentary about the whole thing.

Finally had enough of the startup scene; I'm going to go to work for a very large semiconductor company getting paid 2.5x what I was making at the startup. Feels like I'm getting a real adult job again.

tl;dr: I learned that not every statup idea is worthwhile.