Hi guys, this is anonymous for obvious reasons.<p>Say I'm the founder and CTO of a venture backed startup. We had a good run but, for a variety of reasons, the company fizzles after a few years (and series A and B).<p>Now I'm a 26 year old college drop out (from a top tier school), with some pretty cool experience (I've written huge software from the ground up, ran a company, hired/trained a dev team, etc).<p>So, what are my job options? I have the contacts/team/etc to start another company, but I don't have an idea that really excites me and I feel like I need a few years without the huge ups and downs of a startup. (I have offers to go be 'director of engineering' or something similar at a few other startups, but I'd like something a little slower paced for a while ...)<p>Without a college degree can I go to the big guys (Microsoft, Google, etc?). Can I go become an associate at a VC firm (it actually seems pretty fun, and I think I could do a better job than a lot of the associates I interacted with ...)? Any other career ideas?
Ask HN: Career path for founder of a failed venture backed startup?