news.ycombinator.com• 4d ago• 1 min read
Ask HN: Finding Equity Only Jobs(throwaway account)After a long career at big tech companies, I saved enough money to FIRE and I quit my job about a year ago. While I enjoy the peace of mind and the lack of stress, I enjoy building things and spending the rest of my life doing nothing is not my path for happiness.I tried to create my own business but doing some of the non technical work was not really my cup of tea AND working by myself felt a bit lonely.Now I'm considering if I should join an early startup, and since the financial part is not a concern to me, I could work for little or no money (obviously with enough equity to make up for that). However I don't even know where to look for jobs like that: - There are places for co founder matching, but that is not what I want to be - Vast majority of people on my personal network are either on big tech, or tried startups for 1-2 years and went back to big tech. - Cold reaching random companies sounds like odd.Does anyone has some good advice or suggestions for what I