Why are techies in Silicon Valley & Bengaluru quitting jobs to work on their own?

Techies in Silicon Valley and Bengaluru are quitting jobs to pursue independent research and projects, a trend called “luck maxxing”. Techie Abhishek Yadav said working independently lets engineers explore ideas, build prototypes, publish work and meet new people. "A job concentrates your surface area for luck into one company's roadmap. Independent work spreads it across everything," he said.