I definitely buy that software developers have a huge veil of ignorance[1]. We accept lower salaries today because we assume that one day we might be in the ow

I definitely buy that software developers have a huge veil of ignorance[1]. We accept lower salaries today because we assume that one day we might be in the ownership class. But this is somewhat reasonable, at least vs other forms of labor. (A line cook will never end up as a millionaire, but a developer might by either founding a startup or getting options on the right one.) 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil_of_ignorance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil_of_ignorance