What's the allure of getting a job at a startup? Founding, sure, but just working for one? Probably low pay, certainly long hours for a (small) chance at a de

What's the allure of getting a job at a startup? Founding, sure, but just working for one? Probably low pay, certainly long hours for a (small) chance at a decent payout at some future date? If you want to make consistent good money it's in consulting for firms, and that's going to be almost exclusively C# and Java.