Big disclaimer - this is a moot point outside bay area. If you are willing to do a startup for 170k because it is lot more than 110k, why wouldn't you leetcod

Big disclaimer - this is a moot point outside bay area. If you are willing to do a startup for 170k because it is lot more than 110k, why wouldn't you leetcode your way into a fang say as an L5 (adjust level to YoE) making atleast 350-400k?