[bigpeopleareold]

I feel a similar fate befell on me.

I wanted to gain things from working hard at the startups I was employed at, but it turned into dead-ends. I even tried being a bit entrepreneurial myself with a startup founder, but that fell flat. In part, I think I was around the wrong people and in the other way, I was not being more critical enough.

I've come to the point that if a company wants me to work more, that a) I am fairly compensated for my value or b) give me partial ownership immediately and the dignity of my position. Otherwise, I am not interested.