Not at all. He said "don't quit your day job," which is a cheeky way of saying: this is below market rate. It was a comment on the status quo; not on how things should be, but on how things are.

Entitlement would have been: "programmers deserve more than that."

Maybe he's very grateful for the high market rate many programmers can command? I know I am. Does that mean that I would advise people to go below market rate? Heck no.

Aren't those other startups _also_ not healthy businesses? Where does entitlement come into the picture?

Where's the growth potential?

Even so, it's not really note worthy.

Wait, why is it entitlement to want to get market rate for your skills?