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First I think the 130 vs 90 aren't necessarily standard...that being said:

  * Work environment can often be a tossup.  You'll find just as many open floor plan bullpen situations outside the startup world as within it from what i've seen.
  * Largely agreed on the financial security; however, larger companies are more beholden to the market (so they might have to lay off N% of staff as a cost-cutting measure)
  * "no one outside the startup world wants to hire someone who failed numerous times before" - hyperbole.  Plenty of banks and established companies want to hire good engineers.  If the company you were with failed, it's not simply because you were a poor engineer.
  * "it is much easier to go from Big Co to Small/Tiny Co, then the opposite" - hyperbole.  I wouldn't say it's necessarily much easier one way or the other.  If you're moving from Big to Co, you might not deal well with the new expectations of not being able to say "that's not my job" or the long hours (for example).
  * "is particular true and quite dangerous for recent grads. Young recent grads are better off founding their own company or joining Big co instead joining fresh startups." - Why?  All of them have pros and cons...sorry.



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