How leaving your startup job is like ditching your low-life boyfriend

It always starts out promising. You’re getting to know where you fit and how you can build a future together. It’s like you’re really doing it and it feels right. The delusions of what could be down the road cloud your mental capacity to understand the reality of the situation at hand. You’re just happy you found something out of college and don’t have to move in with the rents.

Expectations aren’t clear because he wants to keep you around. Even though you help him make rent if he’s late or clean up the house because he’s too busy with his boys. You’re tasked to do the majority of the work, but you do it because you see a future with him. He keeps saying just stick around it’s going to get better…

But it doesn’t get better and eventually you find a better opportunity with someone who is willing to invest in you. He was great out of college, but eventually you have to move on and not hold on to a pipe dream that he and you were going to be in a viable environment together.