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by hungry_hungry
5836 days ago
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These are good questions... I want to start a startup because I:
- Want to do something I care about, slash it's meaningful to me. I'm tired of realizing other people's ideas.
- I want to make important decisions and have responsibility for their repercussions.
- I want to create a lifestyle that I'd enjoy more for myself, including not having to be tied to a specific location.
- I want to do something 'important' (a relative term, I know). I'm tired of wasting my time and talent on silly projects and bug fixes.
- Money is important but not everything. Ideally I'd be earning as much as I do now from my corporate gig but that's not even necessary. I'm willing to gamble a couple of years of my life, but as I said, I'm not sure what to do/make. I agree that working for options is a sucker's bet, hence leaving a previous startup after working there a year. Thanks for getting me to clarify this.
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Don't "do what you love"... "Love what you do". Aim at something rewarding in autonomy and mastery rather than holding out for a "cause" (if you want to maximize happiness). If you find a cause ("something important") anytime during this process, you can chase that too. But if you look at 100 people who really love what they do with their lives, I think it's surprising how few of those jobs fall into the "something important" bucket.