26M living in western europe. I got around 75k euro saved up and earn approx 110-115k euro doing analytics in big tech.
I am getting comfortable in my work and not growing much. I am really interested in saving up 200k by 29-30 and taking a shot at creating my own startup. Worst case scenario I will learn a lot and may come back as analytics lead in whatever company with some managerial/entrepreneurial experience. Maybe this would even help me to come back straight into analytics manager role.
My logic is that I would have enough cash saved up not to worry, would have enough real life experience to navigate uncertainty, still young enough to work long hours and take risks, but old enough to be able to jump back into career if i fail.
Am i wrong thinking this is generally best timing career-wise to take a shot?
if you’re only looking at the money, it’ll never be the right time
you’re young enough where you can work a day job, and still build your MVP after work and bounce right back up the next morning…it takes longer to recover from the all-nighters in your 40s
once you have the MVP built out, if you can get traction, fuck it, take the leap, or sometimes life might make a decision for you