Comment by mancerayder
6 years ago
Do startups even bother hiring people not in their 20's or early 30's, though?
32 is one thing, one if you're 35, 38, 40? You come back with your financial cushion, ready to hit the startup circuit, but who will actually hire an older guy (or gal) with salivating 25 year-old grads waiting around the corner?
35-40 wouldn't be an issue at our startup, but we can't afford corporate salaries/benefits.
That's the hit you would have to take, accepting a lower salary again, which most can't combine with a less comfortable environment where your responsibilities are less narrowly defined and many of the support structures that a large org can offer are not in place yet.