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by lusus_naturae 651 days ago
Friendly advice, if you’re looking for a co-founder, please don’t start with a depressive laundry list of your baggage while suggesting a risky venture.

We’re all human, and have our issues. But your post does not make you come off as a professional or technically capable or reliable business partner. I don’t mean to be harsh, but just some candid feedback.

My suggestion is to take some time off to assess if you don’t have burnout.

That said, you were smart enough to get into medical school, and are a practicing doctor from what I can tell. My suggestion is to keep the stable income from your current job flowing, while working on your startup as a side project. It would make the most sense to jump over full time when you have something solid.

You can even use part of your current income to hire one full time software developer to work on something for you. Make sure you have a solid NDA or contract so they don’t steal any of your IP.

Sorry if anything I said made you feel bad, that wasn’t my intent.