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Ask HN: Accept a job or continue my nascent startup

Hi everybody,

I really like the HN community and I have a hard decision to make and cannot make my mind.

I'm graduating in CS this month and have been working on my startup for the past 5 months. The project is still in development and there is at least 4 months of development left. To finance myself, I've been doing some freelancing and the company for which I work as proposed me a job as lead developer with a (well) above average salary for a fresh out of school developer and some nice incentives. The work is really nice and the team is great. The contract would have a non exclusive clause so I could continue to work on my own startup during evenings and weekends. Obviously, it would take me much more time to release something. On a sidenote, I'm completely new at the startup game, not connected at all and only have experience as a freelancer. OTOH, the guys proposing me the contract have experience creating other startups and raising funds.

Should I take the reasonable choice (I think) which is to get the job or kind of "follow my dream"?

Thanks

3 points maximebf 16 years ago 5 comments

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