Yeah, but that's orthogonal to the question at hand, no? Sure, startups aren't for everyone, just like big corporations aren't for everyone. For me, working fo

Yeah, but that's orthogonal to the question at hand, no? Sure, startups aren't for everyone, just like big corporations aren't for everyone. For me, working for a /particular/ startup is unstable and risky, while working for startups generally has been extremely stable. Other people find them too risky, and that's fine. Some people love the perceived stability of a large company. OTOH, big corps are known to do across the board RIFs, independent of how well a particular division is doing. Or killing off a whole department on what seems like a whim. YMMV.