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Depends on the team. Most of the times WLB is not bad.

Thank you for such a detailed response - really appreciate it!

Agree, developing a value prop. and insights is necessary but not sufficient.

Yes, this is very helpful! Love you suggestions to do a personal SWOT; and factor pressure/stress into personal runaway.

Thank you!

Thanks for sharing! Good luck on your journey!

Thanks for the advice! Agree, we, as tech lovers, tend to focus on the tech more than the business/sales side of things.

So far it has been challenging to find time and energy to explore ideas and do costumer development after 10 hours at work and spending a couple of hours with family.

Thank you for the book recommendation!

Thank you for sharing your story! Have a couple of questions, if you don’t mind sharing a bit more: 1. How are you supporting yourself financially? Are you consulting or living off you savings? 2. Based on your friend’s story, do you have any tips on what not to do when trying to moonlight?

Sounds like you’ve found a work-life balance that are you happy with. Thank you for sharing!

Thank you for sharing this! Appreciate your advice. Even though AI is hot, I think, raising a 2M+ seed round in the current market still requires having a prototype and some paying customers (or LOI), especially for the first time founders. At the end of the day, the goal is to build a strong business so your earlier point about having a clear vision of the initial product before jumping ship makes sense.

Thanks for sharing this! Great to hear that you were able to stay self-employed for that many years!

Thank you for sharing this! If you were in the exactly same situation as you were before you jumped ship, how would you handle it now?

Thank you for your input!