I don't get this common/popular notion where just because you lose a lucrative job or opportunity that suddenly you become poor. What happens to all that accumulated $? Does it just go away? I think we want to believe that it does because it gives us comfort knowing that some sort of balance has been restored to the universe--that people have are so successful have to be reset to zero.

People who lose their FANG jobs are still going to be in a better position, all else equal. Maybe they are in a better position by virtue of having more money and being more qualified or smarter, making finding a new job easier.