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I think this shows one reason it can benefit young people to join a company in the industry they are targeting before jumping into startup life. One of the best/easiest ways to find pain points is to be knee deep in the industry. Obviously in this specific case I am not recommending going to prison, but hopefully you get the point.

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Problem is, you can start a start-up easier than joining a company.

Easier is relative here. If you have means to bootstrap or access to capital then yes it is but that's not always the case. Furthermore if you don't have any business connections relationships in the business getting into many industries (outside of software) can be quite the challenge.

You're right, but that comes later.

In my experience, the need to eat comes pretty much constantly.

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