I like the arguments. I had to fight my family as well when making any ventures....

		dlikhten on Nov 10, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Real Reason Italy Sucks at the Startup Game I like the arguments. I had to fight my family as well when making any ventures. Will they be fruitful? who knows. However my family was always saying "why risk failure, when you can have a nice 9-5 job that always pays well and is fairly stable?" or "why risk working your ass off for a year and "show nothing for it"" where to me working my ass off for a year is a year of education i'd have never received otherwise. And my family is fairly progressive. We are immigrants from Ukraine (circa '92)

Why not? No kids yet. Limited downside. At most you've wasted some time and a small amount of cash, and you can always fall back on the steady job.