Working for a early stage startup depends on the stage of life, your financial freedom and your ability to hustle.
Early stage startup requires that you work a lot more than 40 hours of week with a big pay cut compared to what you would get at an established company. This usually is not a problem for individual or couple who don't have kids but very difficult for people with school kids. You have less time and less money -- both have direct impact on how your kids grow up. Is it worth taking the risk? This depends on your values and how you define success in life.
Your roles and responsibilities are not well defined. Even for a software engineer, you have to split your time helping sales, customer support and marketing. I personally find this aspect super exciting but I know a lot of people who don't like and wont thrive in this kind of environment.
Most startups fail. Founders and VCs can screw you -- intentionally or unintentionally. Odds are just stacked against you if you define success by financial gains.
Early stage startup requires that you work a lot more than 40 hours of week with a big pay cut compared to what you would get at an established company. This usually is not a problem for individual or couple who don't have kids but very difficult for people with school kids. You have less time and less money -- both have direct impact on how your kids grow up. Is it worth taking the risk? This depends on your values and how you define success in life.
Your roles and responsibilities are not well defined. Even for a software engineer, you have to split your time helping sales, customer support and marketing. I personally find this aspect super exciting but I know a lot of people who don't like and wont thrive in this kind of environment.
Most startups fail. Founders and VCs can screw you -- intentionally or unintentionally. Odds are just stacked against you if you define success by financial gains.