On the other hand i think working corporate jobs is also still way overrated (even if it is maybe already rated low). Whenever I think this will be different i want to shoot myself after 1 or 2 months latest, working for a startup just is the lesser evil.
Yeah, I think I'd be utterly "half a bottle of gin a night" miserable working in the average corporate environment. It's hard to put my finger on the precise reason, but that kind of environment just has absolutely zero appeal to me even though I'd be earning a fair bit more.
Money's nice, but not hating your life is nicer. I'd make a rubbish Sisyphus.
_Having_ to work (instead of the privilege of working if you want on whatever you want) is the root of evils.
Startup life isn’t working on what I want, it’s agile firefight every sprint. Corporate life wasn’t working when I wanted, it was plowing through the day unproductive and unmotivated.
Early in my career, I wanted experience with as many parts of the business as possible, I wanted to work on really hard problems and build really cool stuff, and I could take risks.. I was young and perfectly comfortable with a bad work/life balance because I had no other commitments.
At this stage in my career, I value stability and work/life balance much more, and while I am still looking to solve hard problems, it's not at the urgent pace that startups demand, and how I define "hard problem" has changed too.
