Comparing two hypothetical dating futuresfrom @avni

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Girls, which guy would you rather date? Both are hot and ambitious. First guy works at Goldman. He texts, good dinner at eight, car's coming at 07:30. You're wearing your favorite dress. You remember that restaurant you mentioned. Then his boss calls, but the car comes. So you're having your first drink alone. He arrives late, but apologizes. You mentioned your business idea. He says, babe, I've been working all week. Can we just enjoy dinner? Second guy runs his own AI startup. He texts, just shipped. Come celebrate ordering food at the office. He's comparing two DoorDash spots because one has free delivery. He raised $5,000,000 better just pays himself enough to cover his shoebox apartment. You suggest a weekend away, and he says that's a whole another month of our engineer's salary. But you mentioned your idea, and he's clearing the takeout containers and opening up his laptop. By midnight, you have a prototype. He thinks your ambition is the hottest thing about you. Now let's fast forward ten years. Goldman guy's been promoted worse, but the third time someone else got it. You have the house in the neighborhood he wanted and your kids go to school with his boss's kids. You're adding it up mortgage, private school tuition, nannies, members clubs. His salary covers a lot, but yours covers the rest. You want to quit and start something. He opens a spreadsheet and rank, can we get through one more bonus cycle first? At 3PM, school calls and you text him, can you get them? I'm presenting. He says, I can't. Client meeting. So you leave your presentation. And by seven, you're at the country club having dinner with all of his colleagues' wives. You've asked three people about their new home renovations, but no one has asked what you do. Meanwhile, the AI startup guy's company sells for $200,000,000. His stake pays out enough that neither of you ever have to work again. He still brings the same backpack everywhere rank his free conference t shirt still counts as dinner clothes. He's writing a book no, two hours in the morning then school pick up. The kids' college funds are set and you book a month of vacation without asking anyone for time off. You quit years ago to handle the kids while he worked hundred hour weeks to exit his company. Over breakfast one day, you tell him your new company idea. He starts asking questions and opens your laptop and good, I wanna be your first investor. So which guy are you gonna pick?