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> "Jack squat" is still in the millions of dollars for holders of a golden ticket, but it is fundamentally a gamble.

I was interviewing with a bunch of mid-stage (series A/B) startups for senior/staff roles. Without exception, every single one offered me so little equity that the only way they'd EQUAL big tech pay was if they hit a slam dunk and became multibillion dollar monsters.

> no one wants to believe they're the grump ruining everyone's fun, but would you take all that emotional effort to go challenge the grumps, who are just going to argue, aren't going to appreciate anything you do, and are just a bunch of cynical unhappy assholes, or would you just go find a different digital lawn?

The situation above was without factoring in dilution and across a few different sub industries. I think it's pretty reasonable to make fun of founders for this.