Funny, I've avoided startups precisely because I want to avoid working for others. The sense I've gotten is that "startup" means something very different from starting a business with your own money and contacts, and with monetization already figured out.
The latter makes a lot of sense to me, especially as a reason to quit a salaried position in an established company. So, I'm not sure it's fair to say that you prefer startups; it sounds like you just prefer to work with who you want and on whatever you want. There's much less risk there, versus what I've seen "startup" defined as, particularly because you've already worked well with your partners in a previous successful venture.
(P.S. - Hi George! I'm glad to hear you're having fun. CodeCombat looks very interesting.)
Hi to you as well, always nice to hear from you! Tell Kriti hello for me as well!
The fact that I'd worked with Nick and Scott before was a huge determinant, I'm not sure I would have been willing to leave my great job for an unknown team.
Hopefully we can get CodeCombat off the ground faster than Skritter, but who knows. I posted that link in the article and our poor Nodejitsu server suffered inordinately and we realized our design is atrocious. Keep on iterating. :)
The latter makes a lot of sense to me, especially as a reason to quit a salaried position in an established company. So, I'm not sure it's fair to say that you prefer startups; it sounds like you just prefer to work with who you want and on whatever you want. There's much less risk there, versus what I've seen "startup" defined as, particularly because you've already worked well with your partners in a previous successful venture.
(P.S. - Hi George! I'm glad to hear you're having fun. CodeCombat looks very interesting.)