[codingdave]

If this is your only option, just take it - even if short-lived, that is better then nothing.

But personally, I would have to really believe in the people and the product to even think about an early startup. Which to me, means already established product-market fit, with a specific transaction that drives revenue and is profitable at scale, and with leaders who are listening to what the market wants and not just building what they want the market to want.

If all those boxes are checked, I'd give it a chance.