I know the author likely has more experience in Japan, but I don't understand this lust some developers in Japan have being like American start-up workers. Ther

I know the author likely has more experience in Japan, but I don't understand this lust some developers in Japan have being like American start-up workers. There is a lot of money in it as an individual, but start-ups have sometimes been great but have also been terrible as well. I know I'm kicking against the goads here on HN by pointing that out, but an objective look at it shows it to be true. Just remind people that wework and Theranos existed, or point out the most important IT companies today started out as start-ups perhaps but are nothing like them now, and now look very much like the old guard they "disrupted." Start-up'ing at least from the outside just looks like an initial condition, a spawn point, but the final situation that is recognized as success is a large company with many admins and an HR dept, or being bought by one. That looks a lot like the keiretsu but without the commitment to workers, so really the worst of both worlds but the best for MBAs and HR people. I sympathize with the lack of respect software developers have there perhaps, that I understand.