How well do these startups pay (as a point of reference, RethinkDB offered an absurdly low salary for what amounted to a top-5% developer)? I think the origina

How well do these startups pay (as a point of reference, RethinkDB offered an absurdly low salary for what amounted to a top-5% developer)? I think the original article might have been talking about the real world. OTOH, the media is very good about discovering poster cases to earn our sympathy. One common theme I've noticed in all these cases is that the person in question took their job for granted in the face of the changing technical landscape, didn't upgrade their skills and finds themselves in a tough situation. Another problem in the tech industry is ageism: the media doesn't talk about unemployed 30-something and 20-somethings. Haven't seen this piece, maybe it did.