I think the startup scene is mostly populated by naive young coders more than people who've rationally chosen to discard tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege of fantasy.
When people grow up, they are more than willing to accept a job at a mature company with slightly less exciting prospects for much more overall compensation, respect and accommodation.
Investors are so keen to pump a flattering narrative about youth being critical to new ideas to try to keep the flow of naive underpaid labor coming in, but none of that stuff is really true.
Experienced people are more valuable in everything, including software and entrepreneurship. There's nothing wrong with that and it only makes sense. The solution is to become experienced.
When people grow up, they are more than willing to accept a job at a mature company with slightly less exciting prospects for much more overall compensation, respect and accommodation.
Investors are so keen to pump a flattering narrative about youth being critical to new ideas to try to keep the flow of naive underpaid labor coming in, but none of that stuff is really true.
Experienced people are more valuable in everything, including software and entrepreneurship. There's nothing wrong with that and it only makes sense. The solution is to become experienced.