I think this is right. There's no way to make it rational for a successful FAANG or FAANG-adjacent engineer to be an early-stage startup employee, but there are

I think this is right. There's no way to make it rational for a successful FAANG or FAANG-adjacent engineer to be an early-stage startup employee, but there are other kinds of people who want software engineering jobs. Unfortunately a lot of founders look to their personal networks which only contain people for whom the role doesn't make sense.