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Re:Ask HN: Why you left your job for starting a startup? by glua on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @07:46PM (#21076792)
I guess you consider "I get to decide what work I'm doing" as freedom (advantage) in case of your own company?

Do you think it is even more bosses that you have as the entrepreneur (in the form of your customers) who indirectly dictate you what you need to do?

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Re:Ask HN: Why you left your job for starting a startup? by JohnFen on Thursday September 26, 2019 @11:50AM (#21082131)
No, I don't think that way, although I do understand that others can reasonably frame it in those terms.

If I'm working on a product that I am interested in on its own terms, 99% of the time what I want to do lines up very well with what my customers want, so they aren't really "dictating" anything.

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Re:Ask HN: Why you left your job for starting a startup? by glua on Thursday September 26, 2019 @05:54PM (#21085998)
I agree.

If it lines up with potential customers, that might be a signal for founder/market fit.

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