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 wayne on Monday October 20, 2008 @10:05PM (#338550)

Am I the only person who finds this insane...? Walking away from over a half mil over 3 years! GitHub is cool, but is working at Microsoft for a few years _that_ bad?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:How I Turned Down $300,000 from Microsoft to go Full-Time... by ChaitanyaSai on Monday October 20, 2008 @10:54PM (#338588)

Microsoft helped price his skills, and their value will surely not diminish in three years. So, it is more like putting off the opportunity of making $300,000 now by three years. Having accepted the offer now could have made him more risk averse three years down the line (in the face of a more tangible opportunity cost in terms of lost paychecks). In fact, it is a very rational choice if your window for evaluating expected outcomes is five years or more.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:How I Turned Down $300,000 from Microsoft to go Full-Time... by Tritis on Tuesday October 21, 2008 @11:20AM (#338974)

He certainly won't be less in three years.

[ Parent | on HN ]