Traditionally, startups had the advantage of compensating with equity/options that in time would be worth a lot of money. But ever since the laws passed after t

Traditionally, startups had the advantage of compensating with equity/options that in time would be worth a lot of money. But ever since the laws passed after the dot-com bust equity is mostly worthless unless you're one of the founders or investors. That IMHO is the real problem here, not the big company salaries.