There are opportunity costs to even joining a startup (the possibility for your job not to exist in a few months, the need to relocate to SF as opposed to a more affordable place or even taking a job near you) that dissuade people who aren&#x27;t already independently wealthy or otherwise financially privileged (for example, being a Harvard alum with rich parents who can bail you out if necessary).<p>Starting a startup as a working-class person with the requisite technology skills? Good fucking luck.