[griffinkelly]

I have a lot of friends that I grew up are perfectly fine with just working--took a similar-sounding job to you out of college, bought a house, had kids, and really enjoy it.

Personally, I get bored easily. I took a similar job to you out of college but used all my spare time to start building my startup. As soon as I had a thumbs up from an investor, I quit my job--in retrospect, very prematurely--and went all in. It turned out to be a good overall career move as I found out what I liked and didn't like by doing literally everything in my startup--sales, software, hardware, you name it.

Youth is an advantage, as you have no responsibilities, and can do whatever you want, so take some risks if you want to. The last thing I wanted to do is wake up when I'm 60 and wish I had done X, Y or Z.