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Re:Ask HN: Pros and cons of working at a startup in 2018? by stealthmodeclan on Monday June 11, 2018 @06:40PM (#17289250)
If I'm making a $1M profit on you, I'll be willing to pay you up to a high fraction of this amount if I have to. Financially, even if I pay you $950K, I'm still making money.

Where does the money come for dividends, taxes, and overhead?

If there is enough supply of engineers at the same quality, no one will pay more.

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Re:Ask HN: Pros and cons of working at a startup in 2018? by dunpeal on Monday June 11, 2018 @06:54PM (#17289333)
Obviously, I'm keeping it simple. My point is, profit per engineer does have a lot to do with how much I'm willing to pay that engineer. I'd rather pay as little as possible, but if necessary, I'll pay almost as much as I make in profit, because I'd still be making money.
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