It's much better to own a business, and therefore keep the excess value that the employees create, than to just receive a salary, always held down by "market rates", if not outright collusion or bullying.
And in tech you don't need much actual capital to do it.
It's obviously a risk, and a great achievement to build a company from scratch, deserving of outsized rewards, but capitalism means you own the whole thing.
The question therefore maybe should be why doesn't everyone start a business, with the rewards so skewed, and such a low barrier to entry.
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Because Capitalism.
It's much better to own a business, and therefore keep the excess value that the employees create, than to just receive a salary, always held down by "market rates", if not outright collusion or bullying.
And in tech you don't need much actual capital to do it. It's obviously a risk, and a great achievement to build a company from scratch, deserving of outsized rewards, but capitalism means you own the whole thing.
The question therefore maybe should be why doesn't everyone start a business, with the rewards so skewed, and such a low barrier to entry.
I guess that's exactly what the OP is describing.