[carterehsmith]

Did you ever work for a “non-startup”? Like, you are a car manufacturer, have to create some telemetrics software that has to work reliably in all kind of conditions, and hopefully not kill people, and has to be supported for the next 12 years minimum?

Compare to the startup that can just “pivot” at will and/or just end it with one of those “it was an amazing ride” blog posts.

Not trying to be smart, just presenting some perspective.

[enjo]

While that is absolutely true, I don't follow how that relates to my post? There is nothing inherent about the flexibility of a startup that means it has to be the frenetic roller-coaster that the thread starter referenced.