[raw_anon_1111]

You realize that you’re kind of making my point? Even with your rosy projections, you’re still going to be making much less than a few returning interns I know made in their first three years working at BigTech.

Heck you’re making less than a run of the mill enterprise dev is making in a second tier major city in Atlanta

And as a founder, you still need to do well to do better off than a BigTech employee and statistically you won’t come near.

And on top of that, you’re sounding like every startup that doesn’t realize that they can’t linearly project growth based on past performance. The first cohorts are almost always easier than later cohorts unless it is a platform with network effects.

[__loam]

Don't forget the actual rate of return vs time spent working too. As a founder you're probably working at least 50% more time than the average faang dev, plus the added stress of being in a high impact, high consequence role.