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Sure, and hire a bunch of people who don't know what they are doing.

Do remember that Google has hired away pretty much all the top engineers already. You won't be able to get good people for cheap prices anymore.

I want some of that golden money!

Some startups will be worth it (eg: Google, Facebook), but if you average them all, the risk/reward ratio is not worth it in general. There are a lot of crap startup out there, and you only have so many years.

Also, if you are a VC or a co-founder, then the risk/rewards ratio totally changes, and it's most definitely worth it. But if you are like the rest of us, then it's a big NO.

Early stage startups are really not worth it from a risk/rewards perspective.

It also turns out that, contrary to conventional wisdom, making the first offer is also a good strategy:

starting prices are a form of 'anchor' - a piece of information which is known to affect subsequent decisions. As the authors note, anchoring has a powerful influence on our reasoning:

Follow the money, you'll get to the source.

Easy come, easy go.

I won't be surprised that FB be under $5 when the common employees finally get's their turn to sell (after all the VCs and founders who get's to sell first).

Find a better job. The job market for tech people is booming.

You can use Bootstrap today...

He would not have sold it, nor would he have joined facebook 5 years ago.

Bingo, and this is the main reason for the downfall of our world.

No you would have not, lockup for employee is in November. Might be below $5 a share by then.

Pretty much only Angular and KnockOut and maybe 1 other js framework can do real unit test

Glassdoor.com :)

Say it now or forever hold your peace.

You will make a difference. Believe in yourself .

Yup, same experience here. If someone well respected leaves, moral can be completely destroyed. That person doesn't even have to be an important person.

One of the most interesting type of personality is the useless guy who brighten the office up, once they leave, the whole office can fall apart, especially if the office is full of strong personalities.

Most frameworks it is not possible to do proper unit test. With Angular, you can actually do it. As the controller is totally separate from the view (html/dom).

Angular meetup.

Angular directive is pure genius. Much more reusable than traditional "widgets"