I thought about this idea too, but in practice, this should be what equity/options is designed for. So, a promising developer at small company A gets a lower sa

I thought about this idea too, but in practice, this should be what equity/options is designed for. So, a promising developer at small company A gets a lower salary, but greater share of equity that he/she has to forgo if they leave the company before they can vest their options. But in reality, the amount of equity offered by most startups to junior developers is negligible, and is too low to form any sort of incentive to stay. Perhaps offering them a clear contract with lock in would make things more clear, but enforcing (no moonlighting) might be illegal in some states/countries. PS. if you ever end up playing PES on the PS4, give me a shout!