Startup or Corporate -- Which way should you go?

A lot of millennials these days, especially the ones who are fresh graduates or are on the cusp of graduation, have this question -- your own startup or the traditional corporate job? Which route should you go? Well, it's not an easy choice, as we all know. The confusion is normal. What's not normal, though, is not even thinking about these two choices that you have and just going with the flow. We're living in an era that is just so vibrant yet devastating for startups. How many startups are launched? Countless. How many startups succeed? A very, very small fraction of that number. how many startups reach the billion-dollar mark? Well, you could count it on your fingers. It's just brutal. Especially in a country like Pakistan which is just not willing to let startups make a big splash. There so few startups in the recent times in Pakistan that have made major headway.

Now, in a volatile scenario like that, what do young aspiring graduates do? They more often than not, decide to go for that corporate job. Why is that? For quite a few reasons, actually. We don't really have a culture that openly supports or endorses risk-taking propositions like startups; a lot of us have mouths to feed, our families; there are no great incentives; no motivation, among many others.

When you're deciding between the two choices, you need to constantly think and understand the pros and cons of both these decisions and how they're going to alter your life from hereon. There are great perks and great losses but not everything will ever go according to plan and you won't always be able to come on top. Your vision, ambition, ability to hustle and grind, working well with a team -- all of these factors should definitely be thought about when considering making a decision. And only once you've done that, should you go ahead. Also, don't you worry if you regret the decision that you make now, later on. You can always change your decision. There are so, so many great success stories that have come out of this particular situation. Why can't your story be on those?

Keep hustlin'.

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