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Re:Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company... by trevyn on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @10:02AM (#20685915)
A smaller tech startup only pays better if you pick the right one and it has an exit.

One appeal of the big names is exactly that — name recognition. It does a lot for the ego when everyone you meet knows that your employer provides free massages and a sushi bar for lunch.

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Re:Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company... by chadlavi on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @10:44AM (#20686313)
Free massages and sushi bars don't pay rent!

And I'm not talking about mythical exit money, I'm talking about cold hard biweekly salary. I make more money at a small startup than it seems I would make at Google, for example.

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Re:Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company... by ummonk on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @12:08PM (#20687154)
Stock based compensation happens quarterly, which is frequent enough to be a regular stream of compensation (and you get a sign-on bonus when you start so you don't have to wait for liquidity either).
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Re:Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company... by mrep on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @11:17AM (#20686634)
You sure about that [0]?

[0]: https://www.levels.fyi/salary/Google/

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Re:Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company... by jlokier on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @11:08AM (#20686547)
I think your situation is more unusual than you think.

Small startups vary a lot in what they pay, and in what they can afford to pay. Mostly it's lower than FAANG pay.

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Re:Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company... by jeen02 on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @11:18AM (#20686645)
95% of small tech startups won't pay anywhere near what Google would offer.
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Re:Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company... by mav3rick on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @11:18AM (#20686646)
Maybe your offer at Google isn't the reality of all offers.
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