I agree with this. I get both sides, I mean, who wouldn&#x27;t want to have a billion dollar business? But building one is insanely lucky and there are a ton of super talented businessmen and engineers that haven&#x27;t done it.<p>The problem with aiming so high, like the article points out, is that you often fail and are left with almost nothing if it fails. You took a low salary with a lot of equity, but if you work for 3-5 years on a project and then it turns out the company fails (which is highly likely), then you just worked for 3-5 years for a cheap discount.<p>Sure, you might have learned a lot in that time, but if you worked at a better salary for a more stable opportunity, you would have learned stuff as well (different, but maybe not less important stuff).<p>I get the allure, but as I get older, I don&#x27;t really see the value. You don&#x27;t have forever in your career to make below average wages on the lotteries chance you will make millions.