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I bootstrapped my first company to several million and revenue by doing contract work on the side. Later, I decided to use the money from my bootstrapped company to launch another startup. Once we got some traction I decided to take company #2 the VC route. 0/10 would not recommend! :-) I'm working on a blog post about why bootstrapping can be much better for founders.

I'm in a similar position; company #1 is successful and now running without me and I'm switching focus to company #2 and considering the VC route as this business has appropriate scalability. I'm quite interested to hear why you are 0/10 on going that route. Will you be posting that to the facet blog or how can I ensure I see that when posted?

Yeah, i'll be posting it to the blog in the next week or so. You can subscribe to the blog to get notified when it gets posted.

Also happy to talk one on one about my experience. My direct email is in my profile.

I was momentarily excited until I realized that not being part of the FAANG club excludes me.

It's not just FAANG. It's "FAANG or similar" or "FAANGetc". We're still looking for a better word to describe "senior engineer that has experience building software at scale". If you are a senior engineer, please apply!

From our FAQ:

What companies are considered "FAANG or similar" We don't have an official list, but generally it includes Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google and any other company where we are confident the hiring bar is sufficiently high and the user scale is sufficiently large.

this reads like an ad

Agreed, and the cult it perpetuates surrounding FAANG companies is annoying and off-putting. I get that it's their marketing gimmick but it still comes across as out of touch and shitty.