[pvnick]

For the following reasons:

1) assume that the HN readership satisfactorily correlates to the startup demographic at large

2) the majority of the respondants answered 26-30, as was also the case in the poll that tptacek referenced elsewhere in this thread

3) the longtail is heavily skewed towards the older folks, rather than towards the younger side

[dllthomas]

See, I worry that with 1 you are conflating two "startup demographics" - people who interact on HN are probably interested in startups, but many (most?) of them aren't working for startups.

[dlhavema]

i definitely fit in that category

[dllthomas]

Likewise. I'm working at a small company, and the tech's interesting, but it's really not a "start-up" in the sense used here for a host of reasons.

[iyulaev]

Kind of by definition though - I think there are more hackers at 30+25 = 55 rather than 30-25 = 5.

[DigitalJack]

The highest bin does not necessarily a majority make. Right now that bin is less than a third.

Just clarifying the facts. Not disputing your conclusion.