you know they’d do great in a small environment working a million hours a week
Erm, no. That may be just great for a spotty kid in his first or second job, but someone seasoned with a wife and kids isn't really going to be thrilled with putting in startup hours for an iPad2, or the kind of stock options startups are offering. This is another reason why they're having trouble recruiting: the small pool of young people with few responsibilities that have the right skillset.
Looking over the jobs pages of some of these companies it's interesting to note how many of them expect you to make your new job there "the primary focus of your life". For instance, go google for
"primary focus of your life" intitle:jobs
and you get:
Quora: "You should be ready to make this startup the primary focus of your life"
Udemy: "You should be ready to make this startup the primary focus of your life"
GoPollGo: "you should be ready to make working on GoPollGo the primary focus of your life."
Bubbli: "you should be ready to make Bubbli the primary focus of your life."
So yeah, probably not a good fit for someone with a wife and kids.
Erm, no. That may be just great for a spotty kid in his first or second job, but someone seasoned with a wife and kids isn't really going to be thrilled with putting in startup hours for an iPad2, or the kind of stock options startups are offering. This is another reason why they're having trouble recruiting: the small pool of young people with few responsibilities that have the right skillset.