Andrew, I don’t really disagree with anything you’ve said. I’m not claiming one job is more stable than the other. The point is, people have options, and when I say people, I don’t even think you’re the target here. I laid out why I like my job now because I don’t have a house / kids / car or really anything to my name to worry about. Ask me the same question in three years and you’ll get a different response. Of course, at that point, the blog might have to be called “Venture” and not “Enter Venture”…

Thanks.

No, the days of 40 years at the same company, where the company shows you as much loyalty as you do it, are no longer in fashion. Yes, working at a startup is typically more fun, sometimes more stressful, often more rewarding, than working at a more established, bigger company. No, working at a startup (nor any small business for that matter) is nowhere near as secure, particularly in these economic times, as a fulltime role with an established company. No job is guaranteed, but there is definitely variability in security, and expectations thereof. Working on infrastructure/enterprise type software that drives a corporation with double or triple digit million revenue is going to be more secure than working on the hottest new, but not yet profitable, web toy startup.