Luck has a lot to do with it, but in my case I actually had control over the part of the product I owned, the pay was decent and even if you do work hard you ar

Luck has a lot to do with it, but in my case I actually had control over the part of the product I owned, the pay was decent and even if you do work hard you are not risking any of your assets. I am not sure why do you assume lack of control, obviously a jerk founder can make your life miserable but usually young startups bring senior engineer exactly for the opposite reason- to help the company build a better product using someone's experience