While it's true that you are unlikely to hit it big as a startup employee, I think the article misses some of the real reasons to not join a zombie startup. I w

While it's true that you are unlikely to hit it big as a startup employee, I think the article misses some of the real reasons to not join a zombie startup. I worked at one many years ago and the problem was there was no place to take your career. The stock wasn't going anywhere, compensation was lackluster, the company wasn't going to expand, and thus the only way to get a promotion was to sit there and build personal connections, IE: not based on merit, rather on drinking buddies / nepotism / etc. The career challenges - responsibility, technology, etc were not great. So, it was a good place to be an alumni in terms of connections, but there was no other benefit.