The startup culture is similar to professional sports in that it requires a fleet of fresh-out-of-college kids to trade their lives and their health for the pot

The startup culture is similar to professional sports in that it requires a fleet of fresh-out-of-college kids to trade their lives and their health for the potential of short-term glory. This seems to be true in these "social media" VC-istan bubble startups, but is it true in Real Technology? (This assumes VCs are still funding Real Technology.) I know some people in their 40s who started a biotech firm and seem to have balanced lives, but this was also in another country.