IT jobs and startups

Baseline Magazine had an article on IT jobs and startup companies. Would you want to work for a startup - where the potential could be fantastic (can you imagine if you started with Facebook or Google in the early days and got stock options). Or would you rather work for an established company. Here is the article: http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Intelligence/Startups-Too-Scary-For-Many-Workers-781609/?kc=BLBLBEMNL08232011STR1

While I tend to be an entrepreneurial kind of guy, I'm not sure I would jump to a startup. (If you read the article age is a factor). My son-in-law worked for a startup (we might have that case study in class) - and got stock options and little more (that was before he was married to our daughter - so it was probably okay to have less security and more interesting experiences).

I'm a guy that likes some excitement, every day brings a new opportunity (and new challenges)!!!

What do you think?

Bruce