Why Software Engineers Shouldn’t Start Startups
I'm software engineer II working at Microsoft. My tech blog right now: https://andreyka26.com, my startups: https://blog.symptom-diary.com, https://pet-4-pet.com
I’ve been solving Leetcode daily for years, tried my own projects, even joined a friend’s startup as CTO. Yet, I still came back to big tech - delivering features, learning distributed systems, solving problems daily.
Why? Because being an employee gives me everything I actually enjoy: solving problems, building high-quality systems, learning deeply, and growing in a structured way. Startups, on the other hand, are rarely about engineering - they’re about pitching, marketing, rushing half-baked features, constant stress, and little to no learning.
Before you jump into the startup dream, ask yourself: do you enjoy engineering itself, or the chaos of building a business? The answer might save your mental (and financial) health.
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