Not exactly the same, but I worked 11 years at a start up, the third hire. These were my prime years, gone in the blink of an eye, where I missed so much, made

Not exactly the same, but I worked 11 years at a start up, the third hire. These were my prime years, gone in the blink of an eye, where I missed so much, made many sacrifices, and ruined my body and mental health… and got $2000 at the end. The stress was unbelievable the entire time. I even quit once but stupidly came back, and they kept throwing Monopoly money at me which was going to make me a millionaire, supposedly. I believed them, sunk cost fallacy and all, but eventually the owner got sick of it, sold it, and my position was diluted almost into oblivion. Maybe a shrewder person would have seen it coming, but I worked with several very smart and successful people and we all got taken on it. If things are bad and they start throwing Hail Marys at you to keep you around, I dunno man, it’s probably not worth it.