[sliverstorm]

What does that have to do with anything? I'm just bemusedly thinking of the parallels between the kid who moves from Small Town, USA to be a star in Hollywood, and the kid who moves from Small Town, USA to make it big with his own startup in SV.

"No-name software shop" was probably the wrong choice; a closer tech analogue to waiting tables to fund that acting dream would probably be working IT/helpdesk.

[pharrington]

There is nothing in the corporate tech world that's analogous to trying to live off tips.

[malebolgia]

Counterpoint: salespeople.