[sosodaft]

Things like "The bad news: joining Stripe is still a risky proposition." also make me cringe... don't tell me that anyone reading that sentence doesn't realize it's meant to entice them.

Maybe it's not a fair comparison, but contrast with the Valve new employee handbook, which makes it clear what it's actually like to work there and how their culture impacts the workplace.

[jrgifford]

Maybe I'm weird, but that was a refreshing part. Meant that they're being honest. It's not all always a rocket ship. Sometimes it's a meteor.

[andrewingram]

I'm not convinced, it's assuming a particular interpretation of risk. For people with great employment prospects, a company that still has a reasonable chance of failure is less risky than a safer company where they don't get to develop their skillset. For me, a risky job is one that doesn't make good strides towards lowering the impact that ageism is going to have on my career in a decade or so.