Like all hype, you need to take startup variety with a grain of salt. A lot of it is entrepreneurs encouraging others to overcome the fear and inertia that held

Like all hype, you need to take startup variety with a grain of salt. A lot of it is entrepreneurs encouraging others to overcome the fear and inertia that held them back. And for every blog post touting the all-singing-all-dancing power of startups, there is another one saying that it will be ferociously hard work and you may still fail. I'm a happily salaried developer myself, and if I do start a business it won't be a classic "startup". I still get a lot out of HN.