Ever work at a start up?
Employees and owners have separate responsibilities, schedules, and rewards.
A simple employee who has no ownership does not oew his ever waking moment and soul to the job.
And yes, I did work in a family startup before. The family works their tails off. But do not expect expect employees to do more than their set schedules. And Neither is their time off monitored.
Yes.2 different ones. I replaced 2 EE, 2 C++ and 4 Java programmers at one startup. 8 AM to midnight M-Sat. Just 6 hours on Sun so I could wash my clothes and put a few rounds downrange.
The other startup was an internet payment provider. 14 hour days, 6 days a week. I had 38,000 options at 9 cents. I was nearly a cripple unable to open doors, shift my car or pick up a glass of water. I had to walk away from over a year of grueling effort. After I left, the stock soared to $26/share at IPO. Sad story, but I left still functional and ended up with an annual salary 4x where I started. The salary bump was more valuable than the IPO.
EVER work totally self- employed?
I have—since 1980.
January was a month with lots of year end forms & paperwork in accounting.
I never missed a deadline-—but I missed alot of sleep.