Poll: do you work for a startup? what has your experience been like?

It's surprising how much negativity there is about working at startups on HN. Two posts currently on the front page are dominated by comments that working at a startup is silly and early employees are exploited.

It would be interesting to see how many people on HN currently work at startups, and what their feelings are about it.

If you worked at a startup in the past, what has been your experience? were you burned by it? did it work out well with or without an exit?