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>And yet here you are, worrying that you'll end up only slightly richer than people earning ~$1M per year.

onlyrealcuzzo is comparing 2 things:

* Being a founder and working mega hours and having no life (e.g. no spouse or kids) and having a decent chance of losing most of your money as the company fails.

* Working at FAANG and making a lot of money while not having to work too much.

onlyrealcuzzo is saying the second option is better.

I don't think you fully understand the context in which this was written, but you probably should before passing so much judgement.

You're saying joining a startup is going to result in success?

Talk about detached from reality.

A 30k job at a local dev shop in Poland is going to reward you more than most startups in the US.