And there has been a psychological shift; many of the most talented engineers want to be the next Mark Zuckerberg, not work for him.

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“They have that entrepreneurial spirit and you want to talk to them because you know they’d do great in a small environment working a million hours a week, but those folks are saying, ‘Actually, I think I want to do my own thing,’ ” she said.

In an only-in-Silicon-Valley twist, start-ups are acknowledging this phenomenon by recruiting ambitious engineers with promises to help them to leave someday to start their own, potentially competitive companies.

Can we bring this outside of Silicon Valley? Even though we don’t necessarily want to be Mark Zuckerberg, how can you reconcile wanting to make that leap into freelancing or build your own business full time and job security? I think this article illustrates one way to do it.