Considering the median tech startup employee is already above average, I think the 99th percentile, and above, really only belongs to literal bonafide geniuses…

Is this true? I look at jobs on well found and most startups pay worse salaries than what I was making at insurance companies. Not too mention the worse benefits that they appear to offer as well.

*Tech startups in the SF Bay Area, who have employees physically located in the same.