You can hustle and not have it be related to working for someone else. You're thinking too small.
One can definitely hustle for personal growth. I have to do that every day to keep up with the ever changing technology landscape.
However, when I hear it from a CEO or startup founder, it translates into help them to grow, were I would be the fertilizer. This is the principal reason "startup" is a warning term for me personally.
> You're thinking too small.
Once bitten...