I was being a little tongue-in-cheek there, but I think there's truth there too--while excellent tech workers absolutely capture too little of their value, that

I was being a little tongue-in-cheek there, but I think there's truth there too--while excellent tech workers absolutely capture too little of their value, that's, uh, not a universal thing in my experience. But, yeah, walking away from a very solid $150K+ job--especially outside of the Bay Area, I make way less than a Bay Area principal but simply do not think about money!--to play the lottery is not an economically rational decision, and so if you want somebody to do that, yes, you absolutely do need to come correct.