convos with my most ambitious friends in tech

within my friend group and it comes down to a fundamental difference in how people protect stability. Financial stability or relationships and skills. One of my friends who are going to big tech as soon as possible because your total compensation includes equity that's actually real money, not just paper money. The other hand, my friends who are going to startups, they're doing so because people, the smartest people are there, that's where the companies are moving the fastest, you're going to learn the most, build the most skills. They actually feel anxious being in big tech because they feel like they're not learning enough, that their skills are going to be obsolete faster.