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Re:We need to rethink employee compensation by mikeash on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @02:38PM (#9773569)
I wonder what the odds are that Mr. CEO was drawing an even crappier salary than what he offered you, since he no doubt had even more equity.
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Re:We need to rethink employee compensation by mrkurt on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @02:54PM (#9773686)
The odds are good. Unfortunately, founders often take a very low salary. That's not necessarily bad, but the emotional effect can be "if I'm struggling, so should you".

It's similar to people who don't take vacation and think it puts them on the moral high ground.

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Re:We need to rethink employee compensation by harryh on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @03:01PM (#9773720)
The odds are very good. CEOs at venture funded startups tend to have small salaries.
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