Isn't academia even *more* risky than YCR? ~90% of grad students, at some point ...

apsec112 on Oct 9, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: I am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator – AMA

Isn't academia even more risky than YCR? ~90% of grad students, at some point in their career path, will be unable to find a tenured job and be forced to leave. What could possibly be more risky than that? YCR has some chance of failure, sure, but it has to be less than 90%.