exactly! You take almost as much risk and work just as many hours as when you work for yourself. Except you own very little in equity (as a developer, usually

exactly! You take almost as much risk and work just as many hours as when you work for yourself. Except you own very little in equity (as a developer, usually less than 10%) and you have no control over what happens with the company (usually when VC takes over, they will be trying to make an ROI asap at the expense of any long-term plans).