Comment by L_Rahman

The choice in front of Garry is fundamentally different from the one he tells most people to make.

I think virtually everyone here would quit their job and try a startup for a year if a famous investor believed in them and wrote a check for a year's worth of comp (assuming this includes healthcare).

BigCo jobs are revolving doors. The only thing you would be putting on the line by doing the startup is the small amount of money you would have gotten from a raise/promotion.

This is vastly different from telling a 23 year old not connected to Peter Thiel, without a check 1yr salary to go work for a startup.