> how you get rich as an employee How do you get rich as an employee then? Because I've never heard of any salaried line engineer getting rich except through w

> how you get rich as an employee How do you get rich as an employee then? Because I've never heard of any salaried line engineer getting rich except through winning the startup lottery. I sure have friends who have done exceptionally well by working for the right startup with the right acquisition however. Even Google engineers don't feel rich when they have to stretch to afford the down payment on a house in Mountain View.