hyperbot

I didn't get the point of the Zune in the movie neither. Totally forgot that the thing even existed. Don't know anyone that's ever owned one. If this was actually product placement, it seems pretty pointless to me. And if it was meant to be a joke, the punch line is lost on me.

If the pay is not high enough for your needs, you shouldn't bother looking at startups, or at least you shouldn't be looking at pre-series-A startups. Everybody has their own motivations for why they choose to work somewhere, and money/compensation isn't always the top consideration. At early-stage startups where money is tight, salary will usually be difficult to negotiate too much, but equity can be negotiated more easily.