I would be amazed if this was not the norm! A cozy job at a top-tier tech company != start-up life (YC or otherwise). Larger companies have a culture, well def

I would be amazed if this was not the norm! A cozy job at a top-tier tech company != start-up life (YC or otherwise). Larger companies have a culture, well define pathways for information to flow, you get acclimatized to this, etc. Startups typically have none of these, it is like a culture shock, imaging moving to a different country. ps. no comment on the numbers bit.