I quit bootstrapping profitable businesses and got a job at Amazon
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Re: I quit bootstrapping profitable businesses and got a job at Amazon
#2A short story for bootstrappers.
Re: I quit bootstrapping profitable businesses and got a job at Amazon
#3I dont know what to think about that article. On one hand, the OP could work 2 hours a day and earn a 6-figure salary, giving him freedom.
And this freedom wasn't enough to "take care of my children, enjoy my marriage", so it would be better to trade that freedom for a 8h-a-day job so you ... can... take care of your children, and .. "Hint: It's not about $"?
I really don't get the point AT ALL.
Re: I quit bootstrapping profitable businesses and got a job at Amazon
#4I dont know what to think about that article. On one hand, the OP could work 2 hours a day and earn a 6-figure salary, giving him freedom. And this freedom wasn't enough to "take care of my children, enjoy my marriage", so it would be better to trade that freedom for a 8h-a-day job so you ... can... take care of your children, and .. "Hint: It's not about $"? I really don't get the point AT ALL.
Seems like a weird flex. I’ve bootstrapped a few profitable businesses and the last place I want to be is a sweat shop like Amazon. If I’m going to grind as hard (or harder) than I did to get what I’ve got I want my share of the rewards.
Re: I quit bootstrapping profitable businesses and got a job at Amazon
#5I wish he went into more detail. I don't really understand what he's trying to communicate.
Re: I quit bootstrapping profitable businesses and got a job at Amazon
#6I dont know what to think about that article. On one hand, the OP could work 2 hours a day and earn a 6-figure salary, giving him freedom. And this freedom wasn't enough to "take care of my children, enjoy my marriage", so it would be better to trade that freedom for a 8h-a-day job so you ... can... take care of your children, and .. "Hint: It's not about $"? I really don't get the point AT ALL.
Was wondering the same thing- what is the moral that we read this post for? Why would someone who was successful starting companies go work for Amazon? "Commitment", but what does that mean and why is that an end in and of itself
Re: I quit bootstrapping profitable businesses and got a job at Amazon
#7How is this on the front page. It's like a 4 paragraph long incomplete sentence.
Re: I quit bootstrapping profitable businesses and got a job at Amazon
#8I dont know what to think about that article. On one hand, the OP could work 2 hours a day and earn a 6-figure salary, giving him freedom. And this freedom wasn't enough to "take care of my children, enjoy my marriage", so it would be better to trade that freedom for a 8h-a-day job so you ... can... take care of your children, and .. "Hint: It's not about $"? I really don't get the point AT ALL.
Sounds like Amazon wrote this article
Re: I quit bootstrapping profitable businesses and got a job at Amazon
#9I dont know what to think about that article. On one hand, the OP could work 2 hours a day and earn a 6-figure salary, giving him freedom. And this freedom wasn't enough to "take care of my children, enjoy my marriage", so it would be better to trade that freedom for a 8h-a-day job so you ... can... take care of your children, and .. "Hint: It's not about $"? I really don't get the point AT ALL.
it's unsaid but I think what he is talking about is stability. a stable, predictable salary is much better for a young family than alternating periods of windfall and uncertainty.
he used the word 'commitment' and that's what I took from it
Re: I quit bootstrapping profitable businesses and got a job at Amazon
#10"For me the answer was clear. I wanted to take care of my children and give them opportunities I never had. I wanted to continue to enjoy my marriage. I wanted to take care of my health and I wanted to have a career where I could build and sell with autonomy."
So you then did the opposite of securing that, including the option to only work 2 hours a day, and went to work for Amazon? I mean, weird choice to be honest.
Someone else already said it, and I have been on a 12hr a day 6 day a week grind for a few months now, if I'm going to bust my ass I want to reap those rewards, which includes expanding the types of companies I can build, not giving it up to go work for Amazon.