<p>Long story short, I just graduated from undergrad and basically have 2 options to choose from.</p>
<p>[1] Entrepreneurial route: (began working on this half a year ago while still in school with some "friends," and we just received our first round of VC funding (~1 million)
-Pros: Potential upside much higher, more interesting work
-Cons: Risky even though we've received funding (estimating it will take more than 2 years to start making a decent profit), some of the cofounders sometimes are hard to deal with, atm not sure how much equity I'll get</p>
<p>[2] F100 Finance Rotational
- Pros: Stable/decent income and close to home
- Cons: "Golden Handcuffs," unfulfilling work</p>
<p>Finally, another factor I need to consider is that I need to support my family financially.</p>
<p>Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.</p>
<p>I would DEFINITELY go for option 1. When will that opportunity arise again? But just do whatever you and your family decides is best. Good luck man.</p>
<p>I think I need to provide more clarification regarding Option 1 and why I’m struggling.
-One of the reasons why I’m hesitating to take this leap is because one of the other founders has slightly “megalomaniac” tendencies, or at least “bipolar” to say the least. In other words, pretty difficult to work with at times and not the most morally upright… We haven’t had the talk about equity distribution yet, and I’m not sure how much of the company he’s going to hoard. I have less say in this because I invested the least. Maybe I should I just bite bullet and go for it? I’m still young and can afford to take some risks I guess… ?</p>