The writer of this article has a pretty faulty premise: it's all about the money. After close to a decade of working as an employee in startups, some that faile

The writer of this article has a pretty faulty premise: it's all about the money. After close to a decade of working as an employee in startups, some that failed and some that succeeded, my view is that the last thing you want to do is join a startup for the money. You join (and more importantly, stay) because of the other benefits: the independence, the impact, and the camaraderie. Unless you're working on the next unicorn - and realistically, you're not - you're not going to come out with much cash. Google and Facebook are exceptions, not the rule. I eventually left the startup space to see what the rest of the world is like, and I can tell you that the money is much better out here.