And those employees would be statistically better off working for one of the public BigTech companies that give salaries + RSUs. I can trade my RSUs for real c

And those employees would be statistically better off working for one of the public BigTech companies that give salaries + RSUs. I can trade my RSUs for real cash every six months after they are deposited in my account. I know the potential value of my next RSU grant every 15 minutes as it is updated on my Google Sheets. The VCs make a return by diversifying their bets. But as an employee for a startup, you are not well diversified. On a related note, Warren Buffett made a bet with hedge funds that he could have better returns just by investing money in an index fund over 10 years - he won