[gmadsen]

really depends. I do applied research for AV. I have no desire to fill my time with the BS of funding and executive duties.

I get paid very well to be technical, and thats how I prefer it.

[eric4smith]

Funding and executive duties are what would take away your freedom.

There are literally a thousand other ways without going the VC route.

The society is pretty dysfunctional that a talented person such as yourself think that’s that’s the only way out.

[quickthrower2]

You mentioned productising what you do. I take that to mean consulting of the sort where you go in and charge $10k or whatever for an X. You do some work but there is no talk of either how many hours or who is physically doing the work. They are paying for a problem to be solved. I am attracted to this idea because to “build” your MVP you pretty much need just your expertise and a PowerPoint deck.