This is a really poor analysis. Making $250k after five years at a large company is <i>not</i> the norm, except possibly in finance. The Googles of the world are littered with people who didn&#x27;t make Senior after 5 years or who got taken into &quot;The Perf Room&quot; and made quiet, shameful exits.<p>Startup jobs are massively overrated right now, and most startup offers are terrible because there are so many unqualified people willing to work for next to nothing, but this guy is overrating big-company jobs. The truth is that, in both cases, most options are rotten and most people get a bad deal. It&#x27;s important to recognize this, in order to fix it.