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Re:Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus ... by curun1r on Wednesday February 19, 2014 @07:19PM (#7267762)
WhatsApp is actually the reason why people accept less than market rate from startups. No WhatsApp employee who's been there more than a year will ever need to work again once he/she survives the "golden handcuffs" period.
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Re:Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus ... by yapcguy on Wednesday February 19, 2014 @08:01PM (#7268010)
I'm sure that's what Zynga employees thought too. Sure, accept less than your market rate, but there are lots of trapdoors before the cash ends up in your bank account.
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