This is the same horsehit they sell graduate students. &quot;Ah, we&#x27;re paying you a pittance,but the experience is worth it!&quot; But you can&#x27;t eat experience, and all of this - grad school, the startup ecosystem, etc. - is just a way for greedy assholes to exploit naive young people when they are at their most energetic.<p>Don&#x27;t accept sub-market pay  and long hours in exchange for &#x27;experience&#x27;. Other people (i.e. investors) are making money off your work. Get paid.