[gentoo]

all the engineers at an early stage company are "gambling" with exactly the same stakes as the founder. If they fail, they're all out of a job. The founder risks nothing more than that: he's gambling with other people's money. Why should one of those people reap generational wealth while everyone else ends up in the upper-middle class?

[Lionga]

You have to invest a lot of time and effort to convince other people that they should "gamble" their money on you and your idea.

The early engineer has a pay check from the start.

Again if you want your shot at generational wealth just bet all at the roulette. Or convince someone that they should gamble their money on you.

[monero-xmr]

Hmmm it seems like the engineers bounce around jobs whenever they feel like it while the founder is locked in for 5 to 25 years. Way different stakes.