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Comment on Ask HN: How hard is it to find a job after trying to start your own thing

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I hire people a lot, and it’s a green flag. People who try their own thing understand what it takes to build a company, and tend to have an elevated ability to make things happen.

If it doesn’t work out, you may lose out on some jobs… but those are the jobs you don’t want. It’ll open up doors closer to what gets you excited — any company that does similar things to what you’re doing will jump at the chance to hire you.

(There’s one exception, and that’s scammy or unethical companies. For example, if you started selling sales leads, I might be meh… but there’s a lot of companies out there who do that and would love to hire you)

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