Ask HN: Moving from startup CTO to FTE at big-co?
I&#x27;m in a bit of a dilemna and would love to hear from anyone that&#x27;s done this. I&#x27;m in the UK for refernece. I did a full time CTO role for a startup that had a modest exit from 2015-2020 (grew to 50 ppl and millions in revenue) and since then have worked as consulting and fractional CTO at a few startups. I&#x27;ve been good at working on building products and teams from scratch and I really do enjoy it. I&#x27;ve also been working on building a bunch of products in the days where I&#x27;m not consulting (mostly in the crypto space, I know: boo!). You can see my history at: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;linkedin.com&#x2F;in&#x2F;krishan711<p>I&#x27;m at a stage now where I&#x27;m wondering if it&#x27;s worth it and wether I should just join a big co to get a big paycheck and get back into the grind of being a FTE. I&#x27;d love to hear from people that have done this as almost all the people I know who have been through my path are still there and working on their companies.<p>Advice on how to make the transition and if there is anything I should be particularly looking for &#x2F; avoiding would be greatly appreciated. Thanks :)