They were willing to start at the bottom, just like, say, a first-year lawyer at a law firm is willing to start at the bottom, work 80-hour weeks for not that much money, because they think they're going to make partner.
Godzili się zaczynać od zera. Nowy prawnik w firmie prawniczej pracuje po 80 godzin tygodniowo, pracuje po 80 godzin tygodniowo, marząc o partnerstwie. Ale reguły się zmieniły.