No one said the board didn't agree to pay her. The people who agreed to pay her obviously did not consider it obscene or they would not have approved it. They

No one said the board didn't agree to pay her. The people who agreed to pay her obviously did not consider it obscene or they would not have approved it. They probably have similar compensation at their own companies. On Hacker News anyone can discuss their opinions and beliefs -- without arguing about whether said opinions and beliefs "should matter." "Literally none of your business" is expressly wrong if he's a shareholder. But even a non-shareholder employee in tech (or any industry) has a right to be concerned when one individual is compensated for being fired, at 200x the annual rate of a typical tech employee who performs well at their job.