Comment by femto113

Now I personally can't stand to work for big companies, but it's definitely not because its a bad financial move. Might as well write a post about "downsides of not picking the right lottery numbers". I know more people who have retired young and comfortably from a career at Microsoft (or Google, or Amazon) than I do who have achieved wealth from startups (and I know plenty of both types here in Seattle). In every single case there was substantial risk and a big element of luck for the startups that succeeded, while those who worked for the big firms never once worried that their paycheck might bounce.