Oh wait, most people would rather complain about someone making a billion ("Hur dur he didn't work 1 million times harder than a factory worker Hur dur") than at least try to make your own billion.
One of my side projects is a website where you can convert startup equity offers to the number of lottery tickets you need to buy to have equal odds of financial success (while working a more stable and/or lucrative job), it’s just not done yet. I hope to share it soon!
TLDR Don’t work at a startup, get exposure to that asset class or equivalent returns via other means. You’re just making founders and investment funds wealthy with your precious time.
Your goal is to be a founder at a startup, and for all of people's claims that startup success is entirely luck that is not true.
Luck certainly plays a role, hell being in the position to choose between being a founder vs employee of someone else startup requires incredible luck, on a global scale.
But, me and you, the privileged 0.1% of the world, are masters of our destiny. To claim otherwise is to accept mediocrity as inevitable and not the consequences of our decisions.
What's 1 more roll of the dice?
Also, I'm curious where you got that .1% number.
And, oh wait, I guess some people would rather complain about people complaining rather than make their own $1B...
See you in 10 years, and you'd better hope this comment doesn't turn into the infamous Dropbox comment.
I hope you do make it, and that you use much of it to give your employees great bonuses and give to charity.