> There's no reason to believe that this is true, other than the meritocratic article of faith that the most money and power always go to the people who work the "hardest", whatever that means.
And the observations of ~everyone who has done both. I've done both and starting a company is way harder.
Again, I've started a company, contrary to your previous assumption, and I know other people who have started companies. You don't speak for everyone or even most people.
If climbing the corporate hierarchy is so much easier, then how high up the ladder did you get exactly?
> I explicitly asked if you had—the opposite of assuming.
It felt like a rhetorical question, because without waiting for my answer, you presumed to explain to me, "Building a company from scratch is way more work than climbing a corporate hierarchy", and then you doubled down, presuming to know "the observations of ~everyone".
What exactly was the purpose of your question, and what is your response to the answer "Yes"?
"I automatically become CEO, CTO, etc., by starting my own company" is phrased like a hypothetical, not as a past tense action. I'd expect a founder to say they became CEO.
And the observations of ~everyone who has done both. I've done both and starting a company is way harder.