Because being an entrepreneur requires a completely different risk tolerance.
You trade a steady paycheck and corporate safety for total freedom and uncapped upside.
Not every engineer wants the mental pressure of hunting for their own revenue, even if they have the skills to build the product.
Stop optimization on week one.
A messy codebase with 100 active users will always beat a flawless, beautifully architected system that zero people are using.
Build for the chaos of traction, not the comfort of an empty database.