"I've worked blue-collar industrial jobs for $10/hour, sweating under a hardhat and breathing ash." Done that, indoors sucking fumes. Finished Uni in a recessi

"I've worked blue-collar industrial jobs for $10/hour, sweating under a hardhat and breathing ash." Done that, indoors sucking fumes. Finished Uni in a recession. Sucked. Did that FT till I worked in my first startup. [0] "I've cut wood for less money than that hourly, sucking diesel and two-stroke fumes, bathing in sweat in the summer" Done that. Worked local council Parks & Gardens taking care of 100SqrKm. It's not that cold where I come from but gets pretty hot. High 30s (C) to early 40s in summer. Did this for years workin' PT while at school, FT on holidays. "have no obligation to give it away" Even working in the places I have, with my startup there will be no interns (free labour), dodgy contracting (cheap OS labour), worthless stock options in lieu of pay (sweat equity), no mass firing after a hiring binge to grow the company (to appease VCs). Fair wage for fair amount of work. That's not what is being described above. [0] https://slashdot.org/journal/62860/10-years-on-the-internet https://slashdot.org/journal/62860/10-years-on-the-internet