Ask HN: How to know if you should stop doing startups?
I&#x27;ve been doing the startup thing for a decade now. Founded my first company and we raised a few million and had an OK exit - that is to say, I can scrape by without working too hard for the rest of my life, but this would be a mediocre result and career, at best.<p>So it&#x27;s been a few years since then and I&#x27;ve been trying to start new things. Nothing seems to stick -- there&#x27;s no excitement from other people, and I can&#x27;t seem to stay focused on an idea for more than a few months.<p>The <i>hype</i> around startups now is also a drag, tbh... It was fun when it was geeky nerds building stuff, and now it&#x27;s like everyone and their mother is a marketing machine. On top of that, I can&#x27;t help but wonder if the world really needs another Canva or Airtable or whatever... Yet this is where everyone seems to want to be.<p>So... I spend more time debating ideas and giving up on them than I do actually building anything.<p>So now I&#x27;m wondering: should I just get a job? Part of my knows I will regret doing that but I also feel like I&#x27;m getting stale and useless.<p>Anyone else been in this situation? How&#x27;d you get out of it?