Tech IndustryDec 14, 2018

Is it a must to quit my job to start a business?

Thinking of working on a side project that may take off sometime, i currently have plenty of time to manage to do things on the side, but I’m not well paid. Thinking of quitting my job and join any other company to get better pay and continue doing my side project. Is that a good idea let’s say if i join google or linkedin? People @ linkedin and google, anyone able to manage doing personal projects on the side?

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Salesforce 5"6Indian Dec 14, 2018

I'm curious about this as well. Will our companies attempt to seize our private works. Especially if they're not related at all

Reddit pzqf14 Dec 14, 2018

Check your offer letter or anything else that you signed during onboarding. Typically, as long as you are not directly competing against your past company and not using company resources to work on the project, you're fine.

Salesforce 5"6Indian Dec 14, 2018

My concern is that I plan to do it anyways. And if I ask for permission, then they can say no. And then there will be a record that I intentionally did something against company policy, and my legal defense would be weakened

IBM masalamoe Dec 14, 2018

Open a coffee shop. My brother owns a small cafe in LA area makes more than all of us TC>800k works maybe 15 hours a week.

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wutangclan Dec 14, 2018

Damn, $5 lattes rake in the 💰

Cornerstone Booolah Dec 14, 2018

Woah. Curious, which one? DM

Google talentedIN Dec 14, 2018

Google encourages people to have side projects. The only requirement is, you need to tell Google that you are working on such and such a project. If Google is not working on something which this will be a direct competition to, most probably your application will get accepted. The acceptance rate is pretty high.

Salesforce tLnO06 OP Dec 14, 2018

How is it from the work life balance perspective? Can engineers @ google manage to do side projects outside of work?

Google talentedIN Dec 14, 2018

Not sure, I have heard many manage to do it. I haven't done that myself yet. WLB in general is v good.

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wutangclan Dec 14, 2018

I would dissuade you from quitting your day job till this side project can support 75% of your income.

Salesforce tLnO06 OP Dec 14, 2018

That is what I’m thinking about, my current job has plenty of time for me to start any personal side project, but less pay off course than even new hires. However, wanna evaluate whether i should just quit and get a well paying offer somewhere else and continue my personal project or just stay in the same company till my personal project makes more sense

Logitech FreddyJ Dec 14, 2018

Screw that. Keep you job and do your side project on the side. It starts paying >= TC then definitely make the switch.

LinkedIn dDoD68 Dec 16, 2018

LinkedIn has great WLB for most teams. But I've never seen someone be able to start a new full time company on the side without quitting. You can brainstorm and get things rolling, but if your side thing is going to be 40h/wk you'll need to quit first.