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Good point. Let's say you do have that experience or skill in building a sea-worthy ship. Let's say you are more valuable than your founder given where the company currently is. Maybe the company is in the growth stage, and your skills matter more to the company's survival than the founder. Why, oh why, does the founder make out like a bandit, and you make out like a chump.

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I mean...so go do it ? That’s the point. You might be a better version of Steve Jobs and Elon Musk, but if you’re not striking out on your own you will never get the rewards of the person who actually did do it. At this point all you’re saying is what the bitter/jealous little boy says “oh I could do that” while watching from the sidelines.

I'm not disagreeing that one should become a founder if they don't like the early employee packages. I'm saying we should make early employee packages suck less.

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