These days - and assuming you think the high salary trend will continue unabated for years to come - working at a big tech company will guarantee you a very com

These days - and assuming you think the high salary trend will continue unabated for years to come - working at a big tech company will guarantee you a very comfortable lifestyle in perpetuity. No startup can offer the same risk/reward trade-off. But if you do want to start a company and have a high chance of becoming modestly rich, there is no shame in working on a niche problem that doesn't require piles of capital. If you grind away long enough, you can have a slowly growing, profitable business that makes you very comfortable.