From Comfort to Chaos: Why I Left My Stable Job for an AI Startup
One day, I got a direct message on LinkedIn. Some guy running a B2B startup wanted to grab a coffee and "chit-chat." Of course, I knew what that meant—recruiting. At the time, I wasn’t actively looking for a job. The company I worked at was great—great business, great leadership, and an engineering community that actually cared about growth. It was the kind of place most people dream of working at. But here’s the thing: I was bored. Not in the “I hate my job” way, but in the “I know exactly what I’ll be doing for the next year, and it no longer excites me” way. The thrill of solving new problems, the unpredictability, the hustle—somewhere along the way, I had lost that. The AI Boom and a Moment of Clarity At the same time, AI was taking over the world. Every other headline was about LLMs, generative AI, and companies raising absurd amounts of money for AI-related businesses. I had zero AI experience, but that just made it more intriguing. And then it hit me: I missed the chaos of startups. The fast pace, the unknowns, the adrenaline rush of building something from scratch. I wanted to be part of the AI wave. Even if I didn’t know AI yet, I knew tech moves fast, and I didn’t want to be left behind. So, why not kill two birds with one stone? Join a startup. Join an AI-related business. See what happens. The Leap Into the Unknown That casual coffee chat turned into something bigger. Conversations turned into interviews. Interviews turned into a job offer. And before I knew it, I was saying goodbye to stability and diving headfirst into uncertainty. Was it the right decision? Time will tell. But one thing’s for sure—sometimes, growth isn’t about moving up. It’s about moving forward. And for me, that meant stepping into something completely new.
One day, I got a direct message on LinkedIn. Some guy running a B2B startup wanted to grab a coffee and "chit-chat."
Of course, I knew what that meant—recruiting.
At the time, I wasn’t actively looking for a job. The company I worked at was great—great business, great leadership, and an engineering community that actually cared about growth. It was the kind of place most people dream of working at.
But here’s the thing: I was bored.
Not in the “I hate my job” way, but in the “I know exactly what I’ll be doing for the next year, and it no longer excites me” way. The thrill of solving new problems, the unpredictability, the hustle—somewhere along the way, I had lost that.
The AI Boom and a Moment of Clarity
At the same time, AI was taking over the world. Every other headline was about LLMs, generative AI, and companies raising absurd amounts of money for AI-related businesses. I had zero AI experience, but that just made it more intriguing.
And then it hit me:
I missed the chaos of startups. The fast pace, the unknowns, the adrenaline rush of building something from scratch.
I wanted to be part of the AI wave. Even if I didn’t know AI yet, I knew tech moves fast, and I didn’t want to be left behind.
So, why not kill two birds with one stone?
Join a startup.
Join an AI-related business.
See what happens.
The Leap Into the Unknown
That casual coffee chat turned into something bigger. Conversations turned into interviews. Interviews turned into a job offer.
And before I knew it, I was saying goodbye to stability and diving headfirst into uncertainty.
Was it the right decision? Time will tell. But one thing’s for sure—sometimes, growth isn’t about moving up. It’s about moving forward.
And for me, that meant stepping into something completely new.
