[dvt]

> here's the stock charts of the founder of founder mode vs a professional manager mode guy :)

I've always told myself if I start a company that ever reaches, say, 250+ employees, I'd step down. First, playing a management game doesn't interest me (it's sort of like Risk vs Monopoly; the former is fun, the latter I find boring). And second, I just like building things. I wish the meme/essay would be about "builder mode" because I do think that's more of a thing than "founder mode."

I also think, uncontroversially I'd wager, that the skillset is just different. Building an MVP, finding product market fit, pivoting, trying new things, failing, and doing it all over (and over, and over) again is just absolutely fundamentally different than running a large corporation, trying to maneuver around market sentiment, dealing with politics, and so on.

[octopoc]

Wow this really hits home for me. I can do long stints at a job but when I do I inevitably start building all kinds of things on the side because that’s what I love doing.

[rgbrgb]

I understand the sentiment but you may be overlooking how you and your interests can change as the company scales. The version of you running the 200 person company probably looks different from the seed stage version and won't want to quit at 250. That said, if you don't want to have a bunch of people working for you, it seems kind of unlikely that you'll find yourself in that position.