Comment by asimpleusecase

Not a FAANG person, but have done a start up. I think a good rule of doing a start up is “ only do it if you must do it” what is meant by that is your passion for the problem you are trying to solve needs to be obsession level. That is generally needed to invest the level of work that success requires and sustain the level of pain required to survive. Wanting to get rich can be a strong motive for people but I think it would need to be coupled with a burning need to address the problem for a start up to have much of a chance.