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Re:$900k Median Package for Engineers at OpenAI by jedberg on Saturday June 24, 2023 @01:09PM (#36460576)
Yes, the first part of the philosophy, pay top of market. Not the second part, where they employee gets to choose their level of exposure to investment risk. But Netflix is a public company, and OpenAI is not.
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Re:$900k Median Package for Engineers at OpenAI by scarface_74 on Saturday June 24, 2023 @01:31PM (#36460783)
If I can’t use “the pay” to exchange for goods and services when I earn it, it’s not “pay”
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Re:$900k Median Package for Engineers at OpenAI by gambiting on Saturday June 24, 2023 @01:44PM (#36460895)
Obviously wrong - a company car or a gym membership plan are part of your pay even though you can't use either to pay for goods and services
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Re:$900k Median Package for Engineers at OpenAI by scarface_74 on Saturday June 24, 2023 @02:02PM (#36461055)
And I’m still trading labor for compensation that I’m exchanging for goods and services.

What type of goods and services can I exchange for illiquid equity or profit sharing that may or may not come years later?

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Re:$900k Median Package for Engineers at OpenAI by User23 on Saturday June 24, 2023 @01:50PM (#36460949)
Obviously wrong. You’re confusing pay with compensation.
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