Many of the comments in here are of the form "hey well of COURSE you love startups you work at one of the most successful startups in existence." I think that'

Many of the comments in here are of the form "hey well of COURSE you love startups you work at one of the most successful startups in existence." I think that's a poor representation of the talk's main points. He actually provides a level comparison of the pros (freedom of technology, ability to impact the product directly) with the cons (wake up, kid--you're not working at Luckygram, and the company might fail) of working at a startup. He doesn't characterize startup life as money tree horticulture at all! More importantly, he spends more than a few slides discussing the human side of development. This is something I've run into recently too, and it's nice to remember that problems aren't always solved with code.