Ask HN: Is it worth taking a year off? I'd love to spend a year just experimenting with AI, building stuff, and documenting the whole thing. My fear is it would ruin my career trajectory and I'd become un-hire-able in the future. |
Ask HN: Is it worth taking a year off? I'd love to spend a year just experimenting with AI, building stuff, and documenting the whole thing. My fear is it would ruin my career trajectory and I'd become un-hire-able in the future. |
If you’re in tech just found an LLC (legal zoom $300) call yourself founder and CEO. Declare it as stealth AI startup on LinkedIn. Even if you never release anything (unlikely) The valley loves failure so you’re fine either way.
“Founded a startup that never went anywhere” is not an uncommon story.
But I guess that's the point of the original question, quitting basically puts me on an entrepreneurial path
The year-long gap in his resume could be a red flag to recruiters.
A year is full of distractions. Maybe better to find ways to AI in your present.