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You probably won't get the same pay to work at a startup as you would get at a bigger company. However, I currently work at a startup and I wouldn't consider m
by j_baker 16y ago
You probably won't get the same pay to work at a startup as you would get at a bigger company. However, I currently work at a startup and I wouldn't consider myself destitute. Just because you're working at a startup doesn't mean you'll have a low standard of living.
If salary is important to you, I'd recommend a later stage startup. It will likely be the happy median between an early stage startup and BigCo.
- dotBen 16y agoThat can be the worst of both worlds though... it's late enough stage that your equity isn't really worth much even if the company has a relatively successful exit but still less salary because 'it's not a BigCa'. You'd be working mainly because a) it isn't a BigCo and b) the startup culture is still apparent. Sadly both of those things are only going to get less and less true as time goes on if the company is successful.