How I Turned Down $300,000 from Microsoft to go Full-Time on GitHub

Re:How I Turned Down $300,000 from Microsoft to go Full-Time... by dawie on Monday October 20, 2008 @05:21PM (#338332)

The next question: Will they turn down $3 million from an acquirer?

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Re:How I Turned Down $300,000 from Microsoft to go Full-Time... by mrtron on Monday October 20, 2008 @05:58PM (#338366)

I think thats extremely easy to answer.

If you are willing to turn down a 6 figure salary + 300k, you will not settle for halfish of 3 million with way higher risk. Especially if that buyout forced you to work at a large company too, which he doesn't seem interested in.

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Re:How I Turned Down $300,000 from Microsoft to go Full-Time... by sokoloff on Tuesday October 21, 2008 @02:44PM (#339215)

I'm not sure that's so clear. Suppose we say $200K is the "6 figure salary." That's getting paid for 6 years of work right now, and even if you have to put in 12 months at the acquirer to fully vest the $1.5mm, that's getting paid $1.7mm for a year of work (reckoning from this point forward).

I'm not saying that's a slam-dunk deal, but it's a far cry better than 1/5th that amount...

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Re:How I Turned Down $300,000 from Microsoft to go Full-Time... by run4yourlives on Monday October 20, 2008 @07:36PM (#338446)

Something tells me they aren't in it for a big pay day.

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Re:How I Turned Down $300,000 from Microsoft to go Full-Time... by dawie on Monday October 20, 2008 @09:50PM (#338537)

I meant it sarcastically...

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