I'm confused what the point of this is - is it that if your startup fails you have something to fall back on with a 'real' job? Makes it sound you can become a

I'm confused what the point of this is - is it that if your startup fails you have something to fall back on with a 'real' job? Makes it sound you can become a developer and magically your startup has much more of a chance to become spectacular - which is of course bunk.