same reason people take a huge paycut to work at startups, and its not for the equity (which more often than not is 0). Its because they are working on what th

same reason people take a huge paycut to work at startups, and its not for the equity (which more often than not is 0). Its because they are working on what they want to work on. It's not about maximizing their net worth, but working on what they want to work on.