[robocat]

> unless you run your own company

That just changes the boss to clients, investors, business needs.

Plenty of company owners work harder for longer for higher risk. We get a job so we don't need to deal with most any failure case more dramatic than getting sacked (which has some obvious mitigations).

There is a selection bias - the type of person to run a business is usually highly motivated and they often sell the dream about how amazing their life is (which it often isn't).

[namaria]

I find it's not about who owns what. If you need to work on something that makes sense to you from a value proposition perspective, find a business model that matches your worldview. Your role within it will change over time, and you'll always be responding to stakeholders. But the outcome and your motivation to reach it being aligned is what matters IMHO.