&gt; Thanks for the comment, but &#x27;investing&#x27; 100k, a sum FAR more than almost anyone reading the comment will ever see in their own bank accounts<p>Assuming that the majority of HN readers are software developers, I actually don&#x27;t think that&#x27;s true.<p>While I agree that investing $100k into a company is a big gamble, it&#x27;s important to realize that&#x27;s precisely what you&#x27;re doing if you give up a BigCo job for a startup one with a $25k pay gap and vesting over 4 years.