[HN Gopher] Ask HN: Should I Leave My Startup Due to Lack of Int...
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       Ask HN: Should I Leave My Startup Due to Lack of Interest?
        
       I started working at a startup founded by an old friend as a junior
       co-founder 10 months ago in December 2021. After 6 weeks, I
       realized I was very uninterested in the area we decided to work in
       and every day of the startup has been a living nightmare as I
       wonder if I am going to waste a decade of my life on something I
       barely want to work on. The misery has been punctuated by positive
       moments where we interact with users or get a small amount of
       revenue in. These positive moments and my tendency to stick with
       things has made me stay at the startup, but it has been a bad
       experience and I wonder if I should quit.  Has anyone been in a
       situation like this before? If so, what did you decide to do?  More
       details: Due to my own startup naivete, I agreed to a two year
       vesting cliff instead of a one year vesting cliff, so there's not a
       natural exit point any time soon. In addition, if I were to leave
       the company after the cliff, but before product-market fit (PMF),
       it would surely not be very valuable.  The team and idea seem
       pretty strong, so my guess is this startup has a higher chance of
       succeeding than the average startup. That being said, I also guess
       there won't be a liquidity event for 5-10 years. We are currently
       pre-PMF and have some seed funding.  Some details changed or left
       out to preserve anonymity.
        
       Author : throwaway202210
       Score  : 4 points
       Date   : 2022-10-04 21:53 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
       | faangiq wrote:
       | > every day of the startup has been a living nightmare
       | 
       | Seems pretty clear cut.
        
       | brianmurphy wrote:
       | There is no way I could stay in a job where I loathed waking up
       | every day.
       | 
       | Remember fail quick, fail often? This is a fail quick situation.
       | See it as an opportunity to find something new that you really
       | enjoy.
        
       | GianFabien wrote:
       | Looks like you are partially trapped by the _sunk cost fallacy_.
       | 
       | As a generalization, profitable liquidity events are uncommon.
       | Even VCs, after all their due diligence and experience only
       | succeed 1:10 or 1:20.
       | 
       | Life is precious. Living it is our number 1 priority. So leaving
       | is most likely the healthiest decision you can make.
        
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