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Lessons from my first exit

(mtlynch.io)
410 points saeedesmaili | 1 comments | 14 Nov 24 07:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.212s | 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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antupis ◴[14 Nov 24 12:44 UTC] No.42135665[source]▶
A big part is that you are not working for man but yourself.
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pfarrell ◴[14 Nov 24 13:20 UTC] No.42135906[source]▶
Don’t forget your investors and your board.
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1. kfrane ◴[14 Nov 24 13:47 UTC] No.42136096[source]▶
It's a bootstrapped business, no investors/board.