If a #2 employee of such a unicorn startup with so much funding got dealt such a blow in this deal, what does this tell us about our prospects as employees of any startup?

Isn't this an admission that you cannot get rich by getting a job at a hot private early-stage startup? Even if you're the employee #2?

That you'd be far more likely to get rich by getting a job at Google / Meta / Amazon, getting rich through RSU time-of-award to time-of-disposition growth, then doing private investing in a company like Windsurf, then getting even richer as an investor, all actual employees creating value be damned?