nope. Complaining while you are working at a company is generally bad form (though it was something I did a lot) - I'm working deep in the bowels of a faang company and it is so cushy and so remunerative in comparison. I don't even carry a pager anymore! I get vacations! I kinda miss the physical servers, but I own some as a hobbyist.

One of the worst parts, though, was that I felt like getting my first job after working on my own company for a while was... much harder than it has ever been for me to get a job. Like getting a job after being unemployed for a long time, which felt like a huge insult after how hard I worked.

I personally think it's actually a much bigger risk to do this when you are young (I mean, if you otherwise have the opportunity, like I did, to work a corporate job that let you max a 401K) than when you are older, once you have maxed that 401K as a younger person.

Wow I did both, started young and failed, got employed by fortune 500s, started up again with lots of spare cash.

I haaaate working for anyone else after tasting success, but my FAANG salary and 401k and stock options simply can’t match the 100 cold calls a day startup life