| Was in a very similar position a few years ago after two startups and 7years with zero returns. More actionably, dev+fin+products = pm in a fintech company or bank.
Or fin+products = evangelist for fintech api startup
Or dev+fin = dev at fintech
Or dev+prod = product manager anywhere.
Or fin+startup = coo for an ops heavy startup at series b+
Check out pmarca archive on careers for support. I spent my next 4 yrs at two of the big 4 sw companies as a product manager. Best choice ever, huge pay, lots of resources. got lots of shit done at a much faster pace than they are used to. Not stressful compared to startup life. Helped me get a new network, new perspectives, new resources. Four years to the month, I quit, and now doing a startup again ,and this time it's going much better so far :) So it ain't the end of the world, just a blip on your journey to eventually building something big. Will it be your third or fourth or seventh startup that makes it big? Who knows? The key is to survive that long and make each startup better and you sound like the kind of person who will. May the force be with you! |