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Re:A Good Way to Grant Equity to Your Employees by CalChris on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @02:37PM (#12857887)
Beg to differ. I (gladly) worked for considerably less than market rate (while still not starving) for stock. I'd do that again and I'd offer it. Yeah, I was committed. Getting paid market rate and getting an option, done that too. It was a paycheck and a lottery ticket. Much less committed.
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Re:A Good Way to Grant Equity to Your Employees by kobeya on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @05:10PM (#12859309)
That's great if you want to restrict your talent pool to college drop outs with no living costs or dependants.
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Re:A Good Way to Grant Equity to Your Employees by Dylan16807 on Thursday November 03, 2016 @02:42AM (#12862028)
You know there is a large gap between a living wage and a typical software wage, right? If the wage discount is less than that, there is no restriction to who can take the job, despite dependents. (Whether they should accept such a tradeoff is a different issue.)
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