Being willing and able to walk away from it all to become an early employee is actually even less common than people who do it all to become a lone entrepreneur, so don't sell that aspect short.
Getting institutionalized in a toxic work environment is a good thing to escape, but it's important to recognize that making the transition to a startup requires casting a lot of the baggage associated therewith overboard; some of it doesn't even feel like baggage.
Many startups (like mine) don't crack the whip and force you to work outside the bounds of reality or past your optimum productivity. Just gotta seek us out.
Getting institutionalized in a toxic work environment is a good thing to escape, but it's important to recognize that making the transition to a startup requires casting a lot of the baggage associated therewith overboard; some of it doesn't even feel like baggage.
Many startups (like mine) don't crack the whip and force you to work outside the bounds of reality or past your optimum productivity. Just gotta seek us out.