As for the bounties, since I've been here I've seen real programmers take on serious tasks for lame 200,000 devcoins. It was peanuts so naturally I thought .2 BTC was a good amount. And if I pay to help get a pool off the ground of course i want half.
I don't think you have. If so can you link to it? I have yet to see a devcoin bounty that wanted a percentage ownership. In this case, the cost of setting up a pool is usually not even front loaded. The main costs are the ongoing server and support costs. To expect to buy into that for 50% for $20 for half the profit looks both greedy and insulting. Anyone who is going to incur those costs, is not going to take you up on your offer, and it makes you look bad offering it. Better to have offered nothing, then a stake grab like that. To then call it a hefty fee just adds to the insult.
You are still in the learning stage of these coins it seems. Most people do seem to pay to learn, not make money off of it.