The frustrating thing about this is that you rarely ever hear about early employees getting filthy rich, even in HUGE companies. This is why starting your own

The frustrating thing about this is that you rarely ever hear about early employees getting filthy rich, even in HUGE companies. This is why starting your own company and going for broke seems much more appealing, as having 10-20x what your first employees might have is really a game changer. Couple this with the fact that many first employees may end up doing much more work than the founders, and things can get really perplexing.