> Tech work used to come with a story: “You’re an owner. You’re early. You’ll make it.” I suppose the Harley-Davidson salesman told you that the motorbike woul

> Tech work used to come with a story: “You’re an owner. You’re early. You’ll make it.” I suppose the Harley-Davidson salesman told you that the motorbike would get you all the women too. Investment is always about risk, and being a early-stage employee of a startup was always a matter of buying your shares with labour rather than capital, but the payoff was always a risky proposition.