I could understand the hostility if you approach the subject with unsubstantiated statements like "almost never economically rational". It would be easier to s

I could understand the hostility if you approach the subject with unsubstantiated statements like "almost never economically rational". It would be easier to support the claim that most startup employees earn less over their career than those who only ever work for BigCorp.. Though I've never personally seen data suggesting that's necessarily true. You have to consider length of career, job and city mobility, career mobility, etc. "Economically rational" does not mean BigCorp > Startup career pay.. it means it's not rational to accept startup career pay. That's a much harder statement to defend (honestly, I don't think it's the case).