I don't want to maximize money up the food chain. I want my job to not be a pain in the ass so I don't have to work so hard. That effectively makes me money.
But the OP’s context is about creating your own startup, then things work very differently now, and that’s the reason I feel disappointed, because people are not thinking and replying in the OP’s context, but rather in their own, this makes their point pointless, including yours I’m afraid.