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by lochlan 2070 days ago
Why should I incur the risk and time investment of founding a startup when I can enjoy comfort and success working at a FANG company? Startups _sound_ great, but death marching myself without compensation is a stressful proposition.

Sure, I have a handful of ideas that seem reasonable and dreams of startup success—and maybe I'll explore them in early retirement.
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nineteen999 2070 days ago
Why should I incur the risk and time investment of founding a startup OR the culture at a FANG company, when I can thankfully avoid both and still be compensated really well and enjoy my work.

It's not like there's only two options.

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lochlan 2070 days ago
What exactly are you risking (or incurring) with regards to FANG culture? From my perspective it's all upside.
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nineteen999 2070 days ago
It's not for everyone, just the same as working for startups. I prefer working with a small team, and having less external teams to deal with, and shorter pipelines. We run a service with true five nines availability requirements so wherever we can reduce unnecessary complexity its allows us to focus the complexity in the right places where it is needed.
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