This is where the real wealth is created.
Sure, if you’re a school teacher. Slow and steady savings is the way.
Not when you are a software developer with skills to create wealth…
And you can join a more established startup, to improve your odds.
Maybe I could eventually find one but the odds don't seem great. Ideally I might work for something like Neuralink but I don't think I can get there. The chasm to making that a reality seems too deep. Though this may be a self-fulfilling prophecy in a way.
As for other startups, I don't think e.g. any of the local ones pay well and, like many would say, I value equity options at zero until they're liquid. I just feel like I've been burned too many times to grasp for more lottery tickets.