35-40 wouldn't be an issue at our startup, but we can't afford corporate salaries/benefits. That's the hit you would have to take, accepting a lower salary aga

35-40 wouldn't be an issue at our startup, but we can't afford corporate salaries/benefits. That's the hit you would have to take, accepting a lower salary again, which most can't combine with a less comfortable environment where your responsibilities are less narrowly defined and many of the support structures that a large org can offer are not in place yet.