What lucrative alternatives? Is there another Linux kernel I'm not aware of? Another Google?

If you can't sit down and do a good job instead of having inequality living rent-free in your head [1], who would prefer you over someone who can? Remember, there's a reason these people are a minority. Companies turn down applicants all the time so this special case isn't that influential.

[1] The girl who started the cancel movement of Dr. Stallman was admittedly too frustrated to do her job.