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> The attraction about joining these companies a few years before probable IPO is you have not insignificant potential to increase your income above the average tech worker income level.

I would argue that it is more about having the power to make a big difference (however cliche that sounds) and working on new projects (as opposed to maintaining code)

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I would argue that it is more about having the power to make a big difference

The biggest difference I ever made was while working for a big established 10k+ employee firm. The smallest was while working for 10-15 employee startup.

Except that it's still totally possible to make a big difference working at Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, etc, if you choose the right team. And it's entirely possible to be marginalized or sidelined at a late-stage startup. The two concerns, to me, are almost orthogonal.

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