Don't judge him too harshly. I don't know his story, but I do know mine.
I've always dreamed of creating and owning my own business in the industry. I worked hard to break out of poverty to do so. First, I was saddled with a decade of student loans. But I persevered. I worked countless hours and created amazing products for other people. I worked so much that I hurt my self, damaged my mind and body, irreparably in some ways. 80 to 100 hours a week, while financially struggling and eating unhealthy to pay back debt is hard. I had to have a surgery for which the insurance company pre-approved, but then denied helping me. So just as I came out of student loan debt, I was shackled by another 10 years of medical debt. Finally, we got out from under all of that debt, and things were looking up. The product I and 2 other developers built was selling for millions a year. The bonuses the owners promised in lieu of a higher salary never came. They were preparing their exit strategy and were trimming the books, expenses, increasing the profit margins. They sold what we built for millions. Then we were all laid off. Yet, one large client needed a special feature, and I was who could do it. I was called at the hospital the night my first child was born. I was excited for a number of reasons, desperate for cash being a significant one, given that I was a new parent. So, I rushed over and got to it. That deal was saved by me, and the owners netted another $900,000. What did I get in return? "Thank you".
Fast foward a few years, and a product that I architected and a large team produced sold for $25,000,000 to another larger company. The top executive and several other people retired on our labor, but we were left to re-invent ourselves yet again as our jobs were moved overseas. Of that 25 mill, we got a ridiculous severance, which quickly evaporated in the weeks I sought out new work.
Move to the most recent period in my life. I and 3 other people built a product from scratch. It did fairly well, but the top people wanted out and wanted to retire, so they sold it. We were supposed to feel blessed I guess, that we kept our jobs. I did not. I felt weary, and what I'd built it should have allowed me to retire as well. I'm tired, aged, health declining, but at least this time I didn't have to start over from scratch. BUT, then COVID hit and what we built suddenly became immensely valuable. One investor who helped facilitate the sell, saw his $20 million investment double to $40 million in a period of months. I asked for a raise as I haven't seen one in 3 years and was given $2000 because "money is tight" and "that's the market rate based on your geographic region". WTF?! So, I started investigating. This silver spoon investor, using daddy's money, turned 20 mill into 40 mill on the product I and 3 other people built. But that isn't all, he's now collecting $342,000 per month from it. The point is there is immense wealth in this industry, but unless you can become the owner, it stays at the top, and unfortunately, rising out of poverty starting from zero makes this nearly impossible.
So, here we are, at the end of my career, about to be aged out, pushed out of the industry, and I haven't made mine. I did make many other people very rich, but not me. I have been cut out at the big payday every time. Oh well. I lived extremely frugal, striving to make my ultimate goal, my dream come true. 2008 wiped out 50% of my lifetime of savings. I rebuilt over the next decade and just as I thought, there might be some hope, maybe a chance... nope... the Fed devalued our wages 20%, but that also means my lifetime of savings has lost 20% of it's purchasing power. AND if you've been through a recession before and seen how difficult it is to find work, you know, you may have to tap your 401K early, and that will cost you another 35% in "income tax", but also 10% to early withdrawal tax.
TLDR; don't judge too harshly, we all come from different walks of life, and life may have just dealt us a shitty hand, while generationally wealthy people took and exploited us.