I don’t get paid for working hard.

I don’t get paid for working long hours. (I don’t even get a comforting “I appreciate how hard you worked” speech from a supervisor).

I don’t get paid for the million emails, thousand proposals, and hundred presentations I’ve produced.

I don’t get paid for saying no to short-term opportunities in the interest of focusing on the product.

I don’t get paid for the hours I spend building the company’s morale, the team morale, and later my own morale.

I don’t get paid unless a large portion of the market accepts my product.

Who am I?

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