>> You can always get a proper job afterwards if it doesn't work out.
This is what I keep saying!
My mother (and my ex, too) would get very upset when, after college, I suggested building a business freelancing and eventually building my own products -- it's too risky, they said. But I'm a young person with no dependents or anyone else I'm responsible for, I have very few expenses, I have time to build something substantial that can be more successful than a job. Where's the risk? Worst case scenario, I get another job. Best case scenario -- freedom from concerns about money, location, and time.
Stay on this career path forever? I can't ever have those last three things. But hey, it's the easy way out, right? It's what everybody else does.
Mid-case scenario - you get valuable business experience and when you do get that other job you leap up the ranks quicker than if you just went and did something conventional.
Obviously you have to weigh up, for you, the lifestyle you want to lead and the stability you need, but it's not like it's a dumb thing to take a chance, especially when you have no dependents.
This is what I keep saying!
My mother (and my ex, too) would get very upset when, after college, I suggested building a business freelancing and eventually building my own products -- it's too risky, they said. But I'm a young person with no dependents or anyone else I'm responsible for, I have very few expenses, I have time to build something substantial that can be more successful than a job. Where's the risk? Worst case scenario, I get another job. Best case scenario -- freedom from concerns about money, location, and time.
Stay on this career path forever? I can't ever have those last three things. But hey, it's the easy way out, right? It's what everybody else does.