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Re:Ask HN: What stops you from starting today? by rphlx on Wednesday August 18, 2010 @12:14PM (#1614586)
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.

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Re:Ask HN: What stops you from starting today? by vgurgov on Wednesday August 18, 2010 @02:06PM (#1614996)
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.

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Re:Ask HN: What stops you from starting today? by rphlx on Friday August 20, 2010 @12:05AM (#1619487)
Nope, sorry. The US tech IPO market has been dead for 6+ years.
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