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The post says "an alternative career accelerated through learning, wealth, and reputation" ... and then doesn't talk about anything other than equity.

The article says "Equity will be your largest driver of compensation at a startup." as the rationalization of why it focuses on that.

Based on my past experiences, I would say that the learning, network, and reputational effects resulted in far more wealth to me over the medium-term than any incremental change in equity or salary.