The startup world requires intensity and focus. With a lot less effort, you can get a kickass job earning two hundred grand a year. Your startup will fail becau

The startup world requires intensity and focus. With a lot less effort, you can get a kickass job earning two hundred grand a year. Your startup will fail because millions of dollars might be different from hundreds of thousands of dollars, but they just aren't different enough to justify that much effort. I'm in a startup. Admittedly, I'm doing it, in part, for the material benefits... but I'm taking the long view, knowing that my short-term fortune is highly uncertain. I realize that I might never see a dime from this particular startup, but I figure that what I'm gaining from the experience, because I'm learning 5x more per unit time than I ever did in a corporate job, will benefit me in the long run. I might never be a millionaire, or even see the "kickass job earning two hundred grand a year" (although I've had average-ish jobs close to that) but I feel like I'll be employable in more interesting roles on account of the knowledge I'm gaining here.