Reasons to not join a startup for engineers

Startups are hard. Deciding to leave a well-paid job in a big company for a startup with lots of unknowns is a big decision.

Having a clear reason about why you want to move away from a big company to a startup prepares you mentally to embrace startup life.

Here are the reasons to NOT join a startup that I shared with my friend, who is thinking of moving from a big company to a startup. I hope that if none of these reasons apply to him then he is going to really love the startup life.

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