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A comment on Ask HN: Should an experienced engineer join a startup?.

Re:Ask HN: Should an experienced engineer join a startup? by Graffur on Sunday February 06, 2022 @05:57PM (#30237927)
> I make around $0.9M-$1.2M per year today

Wow, can I ask how you make that much per year?

I am not in that position but to me it sounds like you should not go with the startup. The chance of failure is very high

EDIT: One thing I thought you go do is invest in startups. That way you're into the startup world with less risk.

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Re:Ask HN: Should an experienced engineer join a startup? by United857 on Sunday February 06, 2022 @06:02PM (#30237972)
Senior staff/E7 level at FAANG will get you that comp, especially with stock appreciation if you've been there for a while.
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Re:Ask HN: Should an experienced engineer join a startup? by Graffur on Sunday February 06, 2022 @06:09PM (#30238037)
What does someone at Senior staff/E7 level do?
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Re:Ask HN: Should an experienced engineer join a startup? by hideo on Sunday February 06, 2022 @06:25PM (#30238160)
Not the OP but I posted this the last time this question was asked

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29554069

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Re:Ask HN: Should an experienced engineer join a startup? by tempforquestion on Sunday February 06, 2022 @06:16PM (#30238087)
Pretty much what @United857 said. I had a successful career, but I'm far of an outliner. I did have luck to be at the right place, at the right time.

My day to day work is around planning, coding, and system design.

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Re:Ask HN: Should an experienced engineer join a startup? by okhobb on Sunday February 06, 2022 @07:47PM (#30238747)
US tech industry has been staggeringly right place/time for the last decade. As a proxy, the NASDAQ has roughly increased 6x in that timeframe.
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Re:Ask HN: Should an experienced engineer join a startup? by Graffur on Monday February 07, 2022 @02:10PM (#30249521)
Damn, I can do all of that pretty well but earn more than 13x less
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Re:Ask HN: Should an experienced engineer join a startup? by etothepii on Sunday February 06, 2022 @06:23PM (#30238142)
Maybe less so if you are at Meta this week ...
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