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Re:Why I quit a $500K job at Amazon to work for myself by jldugger on Monday February 11, 2019 @01:56PM (#19137204)
It's not realistic, but it happens. Especially with RSU appreciation. AMZN's up 88 percent in the last 2 years, so if you were issued compensation plus refreshers amounting to 300k, but 200k of that was RSU, you're looking at 500k in comp when the stock doubles your grant price.
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Re:Why I quit a $500K job at Amazon to work for myself by DVassallo on Monday February 11, 2019 @07:19PM (#19139848)
That’s close, but the majority of my RSUs vested well before the full 88% rise. I only got that much appreciation in the last vest.
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