Cannot focus on my job. Want to start something of my own.
Have developed prototypes/MVPs in the past. But did not really follow up with contacting investors. Primarily because...
On H1b. Long queue ahead to get permanent residency. And H1bs have been so messy in past couple of years.
Anyone in the same boat ?
What did you do ?
I believe FANG salaries have made people like me relatively rare. Why be an entrepreneur if you have 300-400K TC coming in easy ?
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I guess you can't do this if you have a spouse.
I may try EB1 eventually, but won’t bank on its success
1. In India, I will not be burning as much cash as USA for monthly personal expenses, which gives me leeway to spend more months/years or even rest of life on startups, not worrying that I have to go back to job with this or that deadlines.
2. I can with peace of mind hire a nanny, house help and not worry about running to daycares and basketball courts and swimming classes to drop and pick up kids. As a mom I can focus on spending quality time with them, rather than cooking and driving in traffic under stress.
3. I will not waste signficant precious time in O1 visa, EB1 requirements, etc and focus on my product.
4. If parents are sick which might happen often 5/10 years down the line, i can bring them to my place for post care and hire a nurse for the time I am off to work.
5. I can leave kids with grandparents and nanny combination to make business trips.
6. And healthcare, OMG. I can buy healthcare for whole family and parents and in laws and live in peace that i will never feel guilty of following my passion and not being able to help a family member in time of need.
7. Same thing for education quality of kids, extraciricular activities, family vaccations, etc. I dont know what age you are on, but at this point in time in my life I dont want to miss out on all this. I may have done lot more compromises for startup in 20s but dont want to live like that in my 30s and certainly not in 40s.
All this makes me think I want to go back to India to do startup.
Don't want to move as I have a family and wife has a job as well.
New grad and want to be my own boss in the next 10 year
1. In India, I will not be burning as much cash as USA for monthly personal expenses, which gives me leeway to spend more months/years or even rest of life on startups, not worrying that I have to go back to job with this or that deadlines.
2. I can with peace of mind hire a nanny, house help and not worry about running to daycares and basketball courts and swimming classes to drop and pick up kids. As a mom I can focus on spending quality time with them, rather than cooking and driving in traffic under stress.
3. I will not waste signficant precious time in O1 visa, EB1 requirements, etc and focus on my product.
4. If parents are sick which might happen often 5/10 years down the line, i can bring them to my place for post care and hire a nurse for the time I am off to work.
5. I can leave kids with grandparents and nanny combination to make business trips.
6. And healthcare, OMG. I can buy healthcare for whole family and parents and in laws and live in peace that i will never feel guilty of following my passion and not being able to help a family member in time of need.
7. Same thing for education quality of kids, extraciricular activities, family vaccations, etc. I dont know what age you are on, but at this point in time in my life I dont want to miss out on all this. I may have done lot more compromises for my startup when I was in my 20s, but dont want to live like that in my 30s and certainly not in 40s.
All this makes me think I want to go back to India to do startup.