Even if I were theoretically a 10x developer, why would I do 10x work if more than likely I would get nowhere near 10x pay?
I get paid more than enough, but what I look for is to be able to spend 40 hours a week having a blast.
I see you didn’t say “we gave them money that they could put in their bank account that they could use to support their addiction to food and shelter.”
Yes, RSUs in public company can lose value. But at least I can and do sell every six months at vesting a diversify.
And only 1 out of 10 startups “succeed” and by “success” that means the investors get their money back, it says nothing about how the employees fare.
I LITERALLY said "bonus position in addition to being paid the same as me" .. so yes, I did say "we gave them money they could put in their bank account".
Take this rant somewhere else.
Giving them “a raise” or even “a large one time bonus” would have been “literal”.
I have no idea who you are “being paid the same as you” could literally mean anything. Was that a 10% raise? Is he getting 10x more than the average developer? How does his “equity” compare to the founders? The investors?
“Getting paid the same as you” also could mean he gets paid less than the average SWE II at any major tech company.
“literally” your reply doesn’t say anything. I’ve been contacted twice about a “CTO” position in the last three years by sone unknown startup that was offering me less compensation than I make as a mid level cloud consultant working remotely at $BigTech. (I have a great network locally).
I have no illusions of being “10x”