I can’t think of any reason for someone statistically to start a company unless they had an “unfair advantage” post 2012 instead of working toward getting a job at BigTech and easily make 1 million+ over 4 years as a mid level developer who should get promoted to a senior by year 3
Same here - did the grind for a few years then went straight to big tech. I got offers from the full set of FAANG. I still have a disdain for code monkey work as a job (I really think its practically unskilled labour). I had studied ML to a fairly high level, so landing gigs was easy. Not to mention the money is so much better.
