I Sold TinyPilot, My First Successful Business

Re:I Sold TinyPilot, My First Successful Business by influx on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @01:32PM (#40514562)

Do you ever calculate your GOOG salary and multiply it by the number of years you've been bootstrapping and have any regrets?

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Re:I Sold TinyPilot, My First Successful Business by mtlynch on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @03:44PM (#40516088)

Thanks for reading!

>Do you ever calculate your GOOG salary and multiply it by the number of years you've been bootstrapping and have any regrets?

I've definitely thought about the number, but no, honestly no regrets at this point.

I got an email from a Google recruiter a few weeks ago offering to rehire me back at my old level with no interview or interview for a higher level, and it wasn't tempting at all.

I miss things about Google, and there are things I hate about bootstrapping, but overall, I definitely prefer the autonomy of running my own company.

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Re:I Sold TinyPilot, My First Successful Business by zem on Friday May 31, 2024 @10:47PM (#40542481)

> I got an email from a Google recruiter a few weeks ago offering to rehire me back at my old level with no interview

that's pretty impressive! as a recent ex googler i cannot imagine them ever offering me that deal

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Re:I Sold TinyPilot, My First Successful Business by prakhar897 on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @02:02PM (#40514846)

OP learned the skill of starting up, running and selling a business while taking 30% paycut (and a huge risk tbh). He now has much bigger career paths open to him than "Senior Software Engineer".

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Re:I Sold TinyPilot, My First Successful Business by ksplicer on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @01:35PM (#40514594)

His full compensation was probably between 300k-500k at Google, so I don't think money was what motivated him...

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