It’s easy to say things like this, when you forget the upside to being a salaried employee: not being exposed to financial downside risk.

exactly, besides I can't imagine that this game would exist without his full time job and time to experiment

Like health insurance not paying when you need it? Or becoming the fall guy when your bosses do something illegal like cheating on emissions tests? PLEASE, there is no reason to sing your superior praises for raises they won't come and they don't even need the shitty takeover propaganda any longer.