Ask HN: Offer for talent acquisition. Need advice.
I'm a relative newbie to programming and the startup world. In early 2010 I launched my first product which also happens to be my first large scale programming project (I dont have a CS background). The product is a niche tool within the larger enterprise data management space. Recently a prospect has been in talks with me to basically acquire me for talent. They are actually not very interested in the IP, rather they like my experience around bigData.
This is essentially a solo operation with 0 investors. I have developed some partnerships to help me sell the product and I have a few customers (small deals) and a couple more in the pipeline.
My main motivation to even consider this opportunity is because the position they are offering me will allow me to experiment with bigger ideas in the same space (bigData) and work with more seasoned programmers. It also allows me to gracefully exit the niche category I was toiling in..
I'm torn between working within a larger organisation to try out my ideas or simply pivoting my startup into developing the larger ideas I have. I know that I may be a bit thin on information and thats because we are in the early phase of negotiating a deal. I'll try to answer your questions as much as I can.
So what do you guys think? Considering my background etc which way would you go?