And that the current crop of plugged-in youngins are the only ones that can do it. An interesting role reversal from when PG first started writing his essays - that young people needed to apprentice at larger boring companies first and that older folks made for more experienced entrepreneurs.

In the end, no one else can tell you when you're ready to make the leap. As a 30-something, one thing I've gained solace from is that I'm not the only one that had the entrepreneurial lightbulb go on after my 20's, like Jessica writes here:

"I spent 13 years in corporate America, mostly because I didn't understand what my other options were. I was hypnotized by the security of an established, respected company."

http://www.foundersatwork.com/1/post/2008/07/why-i-do-yc.htm...