'Technology' is such a broad field. I can tell you categorically that most people at the large technology company I work for are not in the slightest bit interested in risk. They want a regular salary to pay the mortgage and support their family and they want regular hours. There's very few idealists in my office either. Most people in technology (programming and engineering) are there because they had some sort of aptitude for it at school. There's a few idealists, and a few risk takers, but they are not the majority. The bulk of technology firms are large, established and secure.