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Re:Silicon Valley's best kept secret: Founder liquidity by wordpad25 on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @11:28AM (#40659185)
They also probably worked many 100 hour weeks while they could've earned more and worked a lot less with less stress
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Re:Silicon Valley's best kept secret: Founder liquidity by rbranson on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @11:42AM (#40659369)
That's how risk works. The FAANG employee friends have exactly a 0% chance at a 9-figure outcome. They'll easily be at top decile if they pull a nominal $10M+ post-tax in 20 years.
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