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Lessons from my first exit

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410 points saeedesmaili | 3 comments | 14 Nov 24 07:32 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ffjffsfr ◴[14 Nov 24 12:19 UTC] No.42135513[source]▶
great write up.

> $920k over four years

so this gives an average yearly salary of 230k. Very close to FAANG senior salary with much more risk, effort and (probably) worse life-work balance. OP quit from google in 2018 and ran some other business, and this is his biggest sale so far. I think it shows how hard it is to make better money outside FAANG even when extremely talented and lucky like OP. But it's probably more about lifestyle choices.

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1. deadbabe ◴[14 Nov 24 12:29 UTC] No.42135574[source]▶
It’s not worth it. Neither is freelancing. One of the appeals of freelancing was being able to work from anywhere in the world and still make money, but with wider availability of remote jobs that advantage evaporates.

Working for a good company is still the best most consistent way to make good money and have a good life.

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2. fragmede ◴[14 Nov 24 13:59 UTC] No.42136185[source]▶
How many companies let you work 3 days a week? Not from home, just three days a week aka5 day weekends every week?
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3. deadbabe ◴[14 Nov 24 14:45 UTC] No.42136567[source]▶
Depends. Are we talking hours? Because if so, then most companies barely give 2 days worth of work per week. And in many cases, people probably work half of that, maybe 4 or 5 hours of actual focused work per day.

A freelancer spending very little time working probably isn’t making much money. But an employee who spends little time working, is still bringing in those same paychecks, week after week.