Been in both roles before at Small Fun Startup and BigCo and I'll take BigCo every time now because that extra $100K/yr (and its usually way way way more than that compared to the startup) get me closer to my life goals of total fiscal independence and retirement quicker.
So yea, I'll sell my soul and eat shit for enough $$$.
Probably not since your government will most likely always require you to pay taxes, but you may be able to achieve financial independence for some definition of the expression.
So yea, I'll sell my soul and eat shit for enough $$$.