Well, if it makes you happier I've declined many, many pay raises at the company to manage its finances, reduced my salary so others get paid, and proposed I go

Well, if it makes you happier I've declined many, many pay raises at the company to manage its finances, reduced my salary so others get paid, and proposed I go without it at times. So did a couple of colleagues. I remember the then CTO and cofounder, who quit about a year and a half in, telling me that's all they could pay. I couldn't prevent the thought of "Awww, I want to build a mitherfucking organization out of this" from crossing my mind. For now, it's a unibrow like myself, not a multicorn yet. We'll get there.