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Re:Stop complaining and pay programmers more by roel_v on Thursday July 01, 2010 @05:18AM (#1477540)
(2.25% of everyone's contribution on the high end)

I'm probably dense, but what does that mean?

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Re:Stop complaining and pay programmers more by JoachimSchipper on Thursday July 01, 2010 @07:12AM (#1477692)
They offer stock options.
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Re:Stop complaining and pay programmers more by ww520 on Thursday July 01, 2010 @02:57PM (#1478889)
Which means wall papers if it didn't work out. If the failure rate of startup is to be taken into account. It should be divided by 10X to 50X.
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Re:Stop complaining and pay programmers more by JoachimSchipper on Thursday July 01, 2010 @03:36PM (#1479002)
Certainly, but it does mean that. Besides, 2.25% of a company is a meaningful amount, so at least a senior developer would make some actual money if RethinkDB hits it big.
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