The author glosses over the sacrifices that a non-engineer has to make in order to get employed at a startup. First off, there's the enormous pay cut. Expect to earn 1/2 of what you'd be earning in another job ASSUMING that you were able to land a job at a funded startup. Second, what jobs are available at funded startups for fresh college graduates? Sales, marketing, business develpment? Sales is a tough gig, and not necessarily an intellectually inspiring process. There simply aren't that many PAID marketing or business development jobs at startups for recent college grads, and the competition for those jobs is fierce.

Being at a startup can be an incredibly rewarding experience. But I hate to think that students (already idealistic) are getting into a startup without the proper understanding of what it's like.