Getting raises every year and a half for 9 years, making $250k at the end of those nine years, and then leaving to pursue your dreams (with the concomitant personal network, financial resources, and work experience) seems like a pretty sweet gig to me.
It was a nice post but the following is just a bit hard to reconcile in my head:<p><i>> "Start something new; change the world"</i><p>vs<p><i>> "a friend who’s founded an awesome startup (JogsForDogs)"</i><p>and<p>"There has to be a better way to measure customer service ROI.
We think we've found it."
When someone leaves a position like this, and then attempts to re-enter the workforce a few years later, are they able to do so at around their old salary? Or have they lost the bargaining chip and must restart substantially lower?
Does anybody at Microsoft know whether "PM" refers to "Product" or "Program/Project" manager? In either case, that sounded like a tough decision, although hopefully he built up a large enough personal runway that helped make the decision to strike out on his own easier.
Thanks for sharing. This echoes some of my thoughts before some recent changes I made and is a good read for everyone to provoke some thinking about goals, work/life balance, and of course, money.
Just realized how much I hate the term "change the world" that is so prevalent in start up culture these days.<p>I suppose "World" could mean whatever you want it to mean though.