I'm going to ignore 1&2 because they're snarky and unhelpful. And I have zero personal interest in making the rich richer. But the last two are valid points.

I'm going to ignore 1&2 because they're snarky and unhelpful. And I have zero personal interest in making the rich richer. But the last two are valid points. The balance of power has changed. PHBs looking for technically brilliant but real-life-stupid engineers are going to fail. To lure talented tech away, you're going to have to pay for it. A lot. The subtext I read into the plaintive pleas about "I can't find a technical cofounder" is "who will work for a pittance, both in money and options." Which is what #4 is saying. To hire brilliant coders, you have to treat them like equals, if not more than equals given that they have the mad skillz.