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$40K/yr Senior Software Engineer (full Stack) at CrystalMD

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Normally this is spam, but this is likely being posted because the job location is San Francisco and that salary is hilarious.

Wouldn't be hilarious if this were a "silicon backwoods" startup running in some super-cheap locale, but in SF you'd be homeless for that.

Of course 5% equity isn't peanuts if you really believe in the company... and if your equity comes in a form that's protected against them diluting you to hell.

Where on earth would $40k/year be a reasonable salary for a "senior software engineer"?

You could live in a small town decently well for $40k/year, and 5% equity could be worth millions if it was equity of the non-toilet-paper variety (some dilution protection) and the company did very well.

If I were to even consider such a position I'd involve a lawyer in examining the equity part, and I'd really have to believe in the company.

I can imagine a brand-new CS graduate settling for $40k, if they lived in a small town where living was cheap and jobs were scarce, but offering $40k for a senior position just seems insulting, no matter where the company is located.

CrystalMD would do better to offer $1/year for this job, since what they are actually looking for is an angel investor whose capital happens to come in the form of engineering time.

I could imagine a middle school dropout with an interest in programming, applying for that salary. That would be a great salary to make for a middle school dropout.

You get what you pay for...

Yes, that's why I posted it.

I think they expect 2.5 - 5.0% Equity to make up for the poverty level wage?

CrystalMD was founded by Bilal Farooqui, who is a YC alum (for his other company, iJigg). I wonder what PG would think about this.

???

YC, like most other accelerators, gives a stipend that's only really enough for just out of college bachelor/ettes capable of metabolizing a full spectrum of nutrients from ramen noodles. This whole field is structurally biased toward people with no family who can move on a whim and sleep in a coffin.

His other dead company.

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