And startup culture is part of the problem too. IF everything works out: Founders - work for below average pay for 80+ hours week for 7 years straight - rewar

And startup culture is part of the problem too. IF everything works out: Founders - work for below average pay for 80+ hours week for 7 years straight - reward $1B+ 1st 10 Employees - work for below average pay for 80+ hours week for 6-7 years straight - reward $10M+ 11+ Employee - work for below average pay for 80+ hours week for 5-7 years straight - reward get the salary you would have gotten back after working at market pay + a lot of "your the mans" along the way - 10K hours(of unpaid work). The problem is too much of the economy is based on people making bad economic decisions for themselves.