25-year-old quits Microsoft job paying over $200,000 a year to build AI startup alone. Here’s why

A 25-year-old former Microsoft engineer has revealed why he walked away from a lucrative job paying more than $200,000 a year to build his own artificial intelligence startup. Despite earning a six-figure income and working at one of the world’s biggest technology companies, Junead Khan decided to pursue entrepreneurship after feeling that his job was no longer helping him develop the skills he wanted.A 25-year-old engineer quit his $200,000 Microsoft job to launch an AI startup after feeling his work had become less exciting. (LinkedIn/Junead Khan)(Also read: