"the company got bought, the founder is a millionnaire, you get some pocket money" That happened to me. I wasn't the earliest employee but I would have liked t

"the company got bought, the founder is a millionnaire, you get some pocket money" That happened to me. I wasn't the earliest employee but I would have liked to have more than enough to buy a used 2000 Honda Civic when company sold for hundreds of millions. Winning the startup lottery is hard enough. I end up doing it and get basically nothing. I honestly never thought my equity would be worth anything so I guess I can't complain.