[factsaresacred]

I think this discount the enormous satisfaction that comes with creating your own thing.

9 - 5 working for somebody else can feel a lot longer than 6 - 9 working on your own biz. Especially when you're talking in decades.

And striking gold doesn't always have to be the desired outcome. Simply achieving freedom and autonomy is success.

[alephu5]

I've heard it's common for people to accept a lower income to live like this and I can understand why. No need for bullshit meetings and you can do things as you think they should be done.

[pinkbeanz]

if you think there’s no bullshit meeting as a founder, think again. think how many meetings you need to do to raise funding, meet with prospects, network. very quickly your ability to do things as you think they should be done diminishes as you hire people who you hopefully trust to do things as they think should be done.

[cercatrova]

If you are building a B2B VC backed startup. There are many who simply run bootstrapped business making 5 figures a month. See https://www.indiehackers.com/products

[_curious_]

One of the big benefits I found of 'doing my own thing' was the ability to pick and choose who to interact with - whether that was a meeting, call, email, etc.