Re:Ask HN: What stops you from starting today?
by njharman on Wednesday August 18, 2010 @05:42PM
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Nah, I'm generally happy, I don't wanna be a founder (too much work/stress). I've run my own business, twice. Once into the ground ;) It's not for me, I'm fine with that. In my first post I had written and then deleted for not adding anything. "Happyness & lazyness. In that I'm happy and lazy enough to not try for something "better"."
Re:Ask HN: What stops you from starting today?
by rphlx on Wednesday August 18, 2010 @12:14PM
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Sorry, but you will probably never have true security, or become truly wealthy, working for someone else.
If some deep part of you wants to try starting a company, it's not healthy to suppress that, and if you do, my guess is you'll eventually regret it.
Re:Ask HN: What stops you from starting today?
by vgurgov on Wednesday August 18, 2010 @02:06PM
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Not true.
You MUCH more likely loose all you money when start a company in such situation.
Programmers(especially good) are well payed($100k-$300k) (not dentists, but still:) ) and secure jobs. You can enjoy happy life with you family and be 9-6 employee. Besides you can join the RIGHT startup at the right time and get something like 10% less salary and options that might make you quite rich. The trick is in picking the right company at right time.
It might be that you read way too much HN - This resource pushes towards starting company. Its not the only way to go for hacker! Relax and enjoy your life!
PS I was super surprised to see that so many replied about being stressed about not starting a company today. I am sorry about that, did mean to push anyone when asked this question. I think that you can only start company being in a good and optimistic mood! Stress/scare is a first warning sign!