Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself
To author: you lost the political game.<p>I busted my ass at a startup for years and also lost the political game. So I&#x27;m speaking from experience here.<p>You can either get all mad and worked up and pissed off about it, and waste years of your career (as I did) being pissed off, stubborn, and refusing to change. Or figure out how to play. I&#x27;d like to think there are places with better politics but I think it&#x27;s pretty endemic of large organizations. I&#x27;d love to be proven wrong.<p>The thing is, &quot;working for yourself&quot; is so flawed in so many ways. In the first place, nobody &quot;works for themself&quot;. You might work for customers, or clients, or whatever, but not &quot;yourself&quot;. Second, you&#x27;re a lot better off working at a good company -- MUCH better off -- unless you have a pretty damn concrete idea of what you&#x27;re doing. In addition to the income, the big company will provide better networking, more credibility for <i>anything</i> you do subsequently (whether a new job, fundraising, hiring--ANYTHING), it&#x27;s an all-around better gig.<p>I&#x27;m just trying to save you a lot of wasted years and time here. Take it or leave it.