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Re:Figma and Adobe are abandoning our proposed merger by cco on Monday December 18, 2023 @07:25PM (#38690261)
That's the intended outcome of the incentive structure of startup compensation.

Sometimes more than half of your expected compensation at a startup is in equity upside, either from an IPO or acquisition.

If that is to no longer be the expectation, then hiring at startups will be _much_ more challenging because startups cannot generally afford the salaries or benefits that larger companies can offer.

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Re:Figma and Adobe are abandoning our proposed merger by frozenport on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @03:18AM (#38693137)
that is already the case, with unlimited equity you're basically working on the founders dream in exchange for dilution
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