[danielhfrank]

Yes, that is what he is trying to say. I think that viewpoint, especially as echoed here by blhack, is pretty narrow. The developer community is quite insular and it's easy to assume that the views and tastes of your friends reflect that of, well, everyone. It has been my experience that most people my age (which appears to be the age of most of the people in the trailer, or at least the ones in t-shirts) are either unaware of or ambivalent towards the 'startup scene' (though I wouldn't deny that such a thing does exist). Surely you can't think that everyone in their teens and 20s is writing code in their spare time - those skills don't teach themselves! It'd be much easier to just go and try out for American Idol.

The comparison to rock and roll, though, I think is quite apt. In both industries there are many young talents insisting that they are not in it for the money, yet knowing that if they become very successful they will also become very rich, just like their idols. Derivative works and copycats are everywhere, and the whole thing is bankrolled by "suits" looking for the "next big thing"... Hmm, this analogy is probably full of holes, but it's an interesting one that I hadn't thought of before