As far as all the stories are concerned, I think you're reading about only a very niche crowd here at HN. You would find more startup guys here(perhaps 'cos of

As far as all the stories are concerned, I think you're reading about only a very niche crowd here at HN. You would find more startup guys here(perhaps 'cos of pg), than other forums. Most of my friends are not startup kind of people. Infact i'm the only one.. who chose to go this way. The rest are all IBM, Sun... tie wearing, daily meeting, water cooler men. EDIT: Ohh, i looked at your HN profile: >"and hope to find a cool, small company after college that won't require me to sit in a cubicle." Perhaps you need to think a little more on what you mean by industry.