>so working for a startup isn't much more different to a desk job in a big company Why would invest so much of your life and earning potential at a start up?

>so working for a startup isn't much more different to a desk job in a big company Why would invest so much of your life and earning potential at a start up? Because of that negligible chance that you'll be the next Facebook? You'd be better off working in a desk job and just using your extra money to buy lottery tickets. In my opinion the attitude you attribute to London is the wiser one.