[taw1516]

I am on the first leg of your journey. Quit my extremely high paying FAANG job to co-found a startup as a CTO. We raised a crazy amount of money for seed. I am just so burnt out (and genuinely feel I am not qualified for the job). I want to swallow my pride and call it quit despite the company is doing ok with a lot of cash left in the bank.

But two things keep me going (in an unhealthy way): 1. My ego and embarrassment 2. credibility with the investor network we built up. It's not sustainable for my mental health but I frankly don't know what my next steps are yet.

All I can say is best of luck to you. I would love to hear how you bounce back from the VC-funded burn to bootsrap another one.