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Re:The boss who put everyone on 70K by Apocryphon on Friday February 28, 2020 @03:14PM (#22445914)
There's a huge difference from getting stock grants from FAANGM and getting options from startups, which may easily turn into funny money. The recent underwhelming tech IPOs from Uber, and perhaps worrying upcoming IPOs from AirBnB, indicate that even options from unicorns might be of debatable worth. It's just not money in the bank in the same way those from the tech giants are.
Re:The boss who put everyone on 70K by skookum on Friday February 28, 2020 @06:51PM (#22447520)
Did you read the article you're responding to? It's historical data, which is as literal money in the bank as you can get. What's the point of saying "oh sure, but this is skewed by Amazon/Microsoft TC, base salaries are actually much lower" in this context?