Re:Ask HN: Founders who were established engineers. How did ...
by jmheinkle on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @09:18PM
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> golden handcuffs
There's no way you won't feel like you're taking a major salary hit. You want to save up enough for a year of expenses basically, and reduce expenses. This hurts and is hard.
> legit product
This is critical. You should absolutely believe in and find working on your product to be better than anything you can do in your job
> cofounder
Not sure other than usual networking. Note that cofounders are like marriages, its a damn committing relationship.
Your questions are excellent, but overall based on them you seem far, far off. I would try to look for entrepreneurial situations in your work or try to hop onto a startup you like, versus founding.
There's no way you won't feel like you're taking a major salary hit. You want to save up enough for a year of expenses basically, and reduce expenses. This hurts and is hard.
> legit product
This is critical. You should absolutely believe in and find working on your product to be better than anything you can do in your job
> cofounder
Not sure other than usual networking. Note that cofounders are like marriages, its a damn committing relationship.
Your questions are excellent, but overall based on them you seem far, far off. I would try to look for entrepreneurial situations in your work or try to hop onto a startup you like, versus founding.