That doesn't surprise me in the least. you might want to read this: http://danluu.com/startup-tradeoffs/ http://danluu.com/startup-tradeoffs/ Dan Luu's numbers

That doesn't surprise me in the least. you might want to read this: http://danluu.com/startup-tradeoffs/ http://danluu.com/startup-tradeoffs/ Dan Luu's numbers are very conservative - keep in mind that the kind of people who get hired at Valve are far above the bar that Dan Luu sets for the "not particularly unsuccessful" senior engineer.