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Just curious, do you have an inside scoop on what value he's brought to Google and other companies? In these types of situations where a lot of money is involv
by jstandard 9y ago
Just curious, do you have an inside scoop on what value he's brought to Google and other companies?
In these types of situations where a lot of money is involved, I've noticed folks are pretty quick to vilify someone with little information aside from the heavily biased info that leaks into the news.
While $120MM in a vacuum does sound ridiculous, it's hard to know (or even put a price on) his true value without understanding his contributions in depth.
This criticism doesn't extend to you, but in general I've seen a lot of the same folks make snap judgements about someone's ability based on what they've read from news and then vehemently decry how job interviews (which yield far more information) aren't effective at judging someone's worth.
- encoderer 9y agoI think I've not made myself clear. I don't vilify $100mm pay days. Honestly engineering doesn't usually take home what I think it deserves. But to get $120 mill and be building competing startups the entire time seems pretty sleazy. I don't know where I'd draw the line of "you are being fully compensated for your time" but I'd say $10+ mill a year clears it. Also, if they valued his equity grants at $120mm and he held much, he likely netted far more. Not many words would be written about his pay day if he made a clean break from google before building a competing product.