One major con, as far as I'm concerned, is the increasing ageism that exists in the industry in general, but especially at startups. My father-in-law is 68 and

One major con, as far as I'm concerned, is the increasing ageism that exists in the industry in general, but especially at startups. My father-in-law is 68 and can barely get an interview, much less an offer. He is very technically competent. Any company of any size would be lucky to have him. Now, you might argue that he's too expensive, especially for a startup, but the fact is he just wants to work and is willing to take less money to do what he loves to do. You could also argue that they won't hire him because he might retire at any point. Sure, buy why would he? He wants to work. Some at his age and experience even need to work still. And besides all that, even if he retires in two years, the startup would get a tremendous mount of value from someone with his experience over that two year period. Given how badly companies need technical talent these days, its a shame that they leave that segment of the working population out.