[bdcravens]

Remember that Amazon is a 25 year-old company. Bezos quit his job, took funding from family, and has always run a low-margin business, always playing a long game.

[mcdoug]

If I quit my job a bunch of people will be very negatively impacted. I can switch jobs and I can work on stuff in my spare time, but I can't go to zero income. Unlike Bezos, my family doesn't have anything they can loan me.

[bdcravens]

Of course, few have that luxury. When drawing comparisons, it's important to not have false equivalence.

[giantg2]

Yeah, I'd be living in a van down by the river if I quit.

[ethanwillis]

I own a van and have a river in my city, maybe you can bring the food?

[giantg2]

I would, but my wife would leave me.

[bordercases]

Life has tradeoffs – a lot of founders burn through marriages don't they?

[giantg2]

True.

I'm stuck at my current job. I would have quit a few years ago (I've been miserable for 4 years) if I wasn't married. I'd probably move to my parents', do LeetCode and Hacker rank for a couple months, then land a high paying job to save as much as possible, and then retire early to a small farm in a low cost of living area.