I would agree with every word you said, except failure rates on startups are very high (much higher than 50%). So, there is already a large opportunity cost du

I would agree with every word you said, except failure rates on startups are very high (much higher than 50%). So, there is already a large opportunity cost due to the flat time and effort invested plus loss of corporate experience which has the many significant side effects such as skill, social/business contact and guaranteed compensation accrual.