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Re:Silicon Valley Software Engineer Salaries by Experience L... by mikeokner on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @05:39PM (#15811579)
> And if it isn't you should be a millionaire for your risk

What risk? The only risk I've ever had as an engineer at a startup was the risk of losing my job (which everyone has, they just ignore it). And let's be real, a good engineer can find a new job at the drop of a hat. The risk is nil.

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Re:Silicon Valley Software Engineer Salaries by Experience L... by kornish on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @05:53PM (#15811658)
I think the grandparent meant the opportunity cost of foregoing bigco salary and equity, which over a few years can materially add up to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Re:Silicon Valley Software Engineer Salaries by Experience L... by bgentry on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @05:49PM (#15811640)
I believe the parent was talking about the financial risk of being underpaid by a startup by something like $50k–$250k per year of nearly guaranteed income that you would make at BigCo.
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Re:Silicon Valley Software Engineer Salaries by Experience L... by ozim on Thursday November 30, 2017 @11:41AM (#15817114)
But that is silly first you would have to have that BigCo opportunity like actuall offer otherwise it is like I can save 500k by not buying Ferrari. I do not have 500k and that is not how opportunity cost is working.
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