Oh QQ the Box and now Instacart employee made $350k before taxes. How is this a surprise to anyone? All you have to do is ask other employees of startup IPO&#x27;s to see how much they made and the answer is obvious:<p>Founders and investors make MOST of the money. It has and always will be that way. If you want to change this dynamic, become a founder or a VC. It&#x27;s pretty straightforward.<p>This nonsense about &quot;getting screwed&quot; as a startup employee is delusional ignorance.<p>If you work for someone else at a startup, of course you&#x27;re not going to make as much as someone at a more established company.<p>I only know this because I have relatives who work for a public company that IPO&#x27;d that everyone uses to search for restaurants so this surprises me not one iota.<p>Last comment on employees who make millions from IPO&#x27;s - how often does that occur? As often as Uber, Google, Facebook and the like are created. Which I&#x27;d say is once every 6-8 years. The odds are terribly stacked against you if you think you&#x27;ll pick the right company in the beginning.<p>I mean I remember when Dropbox was super popular and then Uber just absolutely blew it out of the water. Who would&#x27;ve thought a taxi dispatch company would be the next Google&#x2F;Facebook?<p>It&#x27;s certainly not impossible to make money, but temper your expectations and don&#x27;t believe everything your founders &amp; investors tell you until you see the real numbers. The devil is in the details.