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Re:Mark Zuckerberg freezes AI hiring amid bubble fears by gdbsjjdn on Thursday August 21, 2025 @09:25AM (#44972479)
I'm sure everyone is doing just fine financially, but I think it's common knowledge that these kind of comp packages are usually a mix of equity and cash earned out over multiple years with bonuses contingent on milestones, etc. The eye-popping top-line number is insane but it's also unlikely to be fully realized.
Re:Mark Zuckerberg freezes AI hiring amid bubble fears by epolanski on Thursday August 21, 2025 @12:50PM (#44975012)
The point isn't doing fine financially, it's having left multi million dollar startups as founders.

In essence, they have left stellar projects with huge money potential for the corporate rat race, albeit at important $.

Re:Mark Zuckerberg freezes AI hiring amid bubble fears by MOARDONGZPLZ on Thursday August 21, 2025 @04:03PM (#44977375)
They’re pretty sophisticated people and weighed the trades. It’s not as if they’re deserving of any sort of sympathy.
Re:Mark Zuckerberg freezes AI hiring amid bubble fears by jstummbillig on Thursday August 21, 2025 @04:05PM (#44977390)
I think we are stretching the term "corporate rat race" a bit in this case.
Re:Mark Zuckerberg freezes AI hiring amid bubble fears by PKop on Thursday August 21, 2025 @07:50PM (#44979591)
If the AI bubble pops such that Meta's exorbitant AI spending is seen as a flop, how well would those startups have done?
Re:Mark Zuckerberg freezes AI hiring amid bubble fears by taytus on Thursday August 21, 2025 @01:05PM (#44975257)
>I'm sure everyone is doing just fine financially

They are rich. Nobody is offered $100M+ comp if you are not already top 1% talent

Re:Mark Zuckerberg freezes AI hiring amid bubble fears by Aurornis on Thursday August 21, 2025 @04:30PM (#44977681)
$100mm comp packages are more like top 0.0001% to 0.00001% compensation.