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wait so you get to leave the 9-5, make your own rules, and get paid more?

how is this not a win-win.

best case: you take control and make this startup work

worst case: you fail and go back to your old job, richer

It's not a clear cut win-win to me because, even though I may be richer, I may hate working with these people and my life may be miserable for that period of time. And the 'richer' argument is only in the short term -- what is one year of high salary followed by nothing compared to steady gains in pretty good salary over time?

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