See this, in my opinion is a perfect example of the engineer entitlement the parent mentioned. These guys probably have a decent idea and the ability to execute on it. Their background probably enables them to get the required capital, sell&#x2F;market the product and hire engineers to build it. The majority of engineers probably don&#x27;t have that entrepreneurial&#x2F;business ability. Those guys obviously don&#x27;t have the knowledge required to build the product but they do have the skills required to get the resources to hire people who can. You don&#x27;t make it clear in your comment if that equity doesn&#x27;t come with a salary (that changes things obviously) but if they&#x27;re paying you a salary to do a job and you expect lots of equity because you think you are so important you can&#x27;t be replaced, you&#x27;re probably very wrong.