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i left my electronic trading job, which had great compensation, to move to san francisco and work at a startup. i knew i'd be taking a pay cut, but i did it for the experience, so i could be better prepared to do my own startup.

i'm glad i did.

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It depends on what you do at the startup. If you are coding away just like you would at the electronic trading firm, you wouldn't learn much about running your own startup.

Are you involved in customer development, talking to investors, making connections as part of the startup? If not, there's not much upside.

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