I was in your shoes working at a FANG after selling my first company and I quit 2 years ago.
First of all I completely understand that your position bores you to tears. Been there and I know how it feels, especially if you are the type of person who could start a company.
Also, it is hard to connect with a company mission. All company missions boil down to just serving users and making money.
I wanted to quit and start a company all the time.
The fact is though, startups are really really hard to pull off. I came to realize this after building several, completed, shipped, but non-monetized projects after quitting.
Especially if you are at a FANG, probably where you live is also not that cheap. And given the loss of income, you will eventually come to a point of struggle where you are both not making money and trying to bring up a really-hard-to-bring-up startup project.
I'd say that is the surprise. Lifestyle-wise though, it has been awesome. E.g. Your entire day is not programmed by somebody else and telling you what to do. Be creative as you wish. Truly follow your dreams (the projects I built were my dreams and glad I did them). Do a workout any time of the day when you feel like to, these have been great, and my stress level has been lower.
You need to figure out how to make money though, and that's not easy if you plan on doing a startup.
First of all I completely understand that your position bores you to tears. Been there and I know how it feels, especially if you are the type of person who could start a company.
Also, it is hard to connect with a company mission. All company missions boil down to just serving users and making money.
I wanted to quit and start a company all the time.
The fact is though, startups are really really hard to pull off. I came to realize this after building several, completed, shipped, but non-monetized projects after quitting.
Especially if you are at a FANG, probably where you live is also not that cheap. And given the loss of income, you will eventually come to a point of struggle where you are both not making money and trying to bring up a really-hard-to-bring-up startup project.
I'd say that is the surprise. Lifestyle-wise though, it has been awesome. E.g. Your entire day is not programmed by somebody else and telling you what to do. Be creative as you wish. Truly follow your dreams (the projects I built were my dreams and glad I did them). Do a workout any time of the day when you feel like to, these have been great, and my stress level has been lower.
You need to figure out how to make money though, and that's not easy if you plan on doing a startup.