The notion that you can't be an entrepreneur in a "9-5 day job" is one of the most pernicious myths in the tech industry. My current team in a company of nearly 100,000 is very much operating like a couple of the startups I've been involved with in years past. True, there's a lot of politics in the greater organization, but our manager is brilliantly insulating the team against that and is effectively implementing lean thinking, customer-first design and decision making, rapid failures and pivots, product autonomy, and a strong sense of team identity and camaraderie.

If we succeed, we may not get bought out with the first 4 or 5 people who started the company walking away with millions while the rest of us are largely left out. Instead, we all make a steady income with medical benefits and are filling up our 401(k)s. And if things don't work out, we'll all still have jobs.