I didn't think it was a jerk comment at all. Your point is 100% right though. Early startup employees rarely understand the risk/reward. Surely none of the 10

I didn't think it was a jerk comment at all. Your point is 100% right though. Early startup employees rarely understand the risk/reward. Surely none of the 10 employees at a 7 year old software company doing 1.6M a year thought they were on a rocketship.