<i>"There's really a myriad of reasons, but the unintuitive answer to the ' which one is more secure job' question is increasingly the startup."</i><p>It's just plain wrong to be saying things like this - working at a startup is fun, exciting & you learn a ton - but don't encourage people to ignore the risks they take.<p>If you join an early startup there is always a risk - I had a friend who signed on as a 5th employee, found an apartment in California (he was from the east coast) and made a down payment on it - after which they told him the company was going to shut down and cancelled his offer without so much as covering his down payment.<p>There are very real risks that you take on joining an early stage company (which is where you learn the most) - so please, don't ignore the risks. Don't bet everything on success - start ups fail, and fail often. Make sure you can afford to lose, if the risk you take doesn't pan out.<p><i>"The investors are likely to want to pull you to another rocketing startup."</i><p>Don't blindly bet on the investors pulling you into another startup - if it happens, you're a lucky individual, but more often than not, you'll be on your own.<p>EDIT: typos