I responded: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1541442 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1541442 Wall Street and Big Co. are the competition. We compete wi

I responded: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1541442 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1541442 Wall Street and Big Co. are the competition. We compete with them for talent and mindshare every day. And precisely because they are so appealing and have so much to offer, especially monetarily, we try to detract from their power and allure by spreading fear and talking shit. We try to make people afraid that joining Google or Goldman will lead to a forfeiture of their soul. Is it 100% rational or true? No, as he adroitly pointed out. But it is strategic and accretive to the startup ecosystem for us to talk such shit. It is marketing in its most pure and basic form.