A dose of reality + MBA Friends making way more outside of tech = "I've made a mistake"
Startups are hard. Very hard. Startup life is not glamorous. And failure hurts twice as much when you've lived a cultivated, high-achievement life. Building a company may have gotten cheaper, but it hasn't gotten any easier. If you imagine your life being an uninterrupted string of success by following a relatively conservative game plan you may find it difficult to adjust. Leaving is perfectly reasonable.
Startups are hard. Very hard. Startup life is not glamorous. And failure hurts twice as much when you've lived a cultivated, high-achievement life. Building a company may have gotten cheaper, but it hasn't gotten any easier. If you imagine your life being an uninterrupted string of success by following a relatively conservative game plan you may find it difficult to adjust. Leaving is perfectly reasonable.