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It doesn't matter what the nurse was doing, the developer was getting paid a good amount of money. If I was hired to do a project, and my payment was inline wi

by aonic 18y ago

It doesn't matter what the nurse was doing, the developer was getting paid a good amount of money. If I was hired to do a project, and my payment was inline with my market value, I wouldn't care what my employer is doing as long as I kept getting my money. $6900/m sounds like market value to me. If I was in the nurses position, I would have offered 1% equity on top of $6900/m

alex_c 18y ago
It doesn't matter what the nurse was doing OR how much the developer was getting paid. The developer agreed to the terms upfront (and I'm hoping there was some kind of contract involved). Renegotiating or asking for a raise is one thing, but this sounds a bit too much like blackmail to me. Of course, there are two sides to every story.
- tptacek 18y ago
  Blackmail?! She didn't take the company hostage. She quit it. You can always quit. I can always fire you. If you make a mistake when you negotiate a position, you are not ethically required to "ride it out" to some foreordained date.
  - aonic 18y ago
    I'm going to link you to your own thread ;) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=183584 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=183584
  - alex_c 18y ago
    I doubt anyone would consider it blackmail in the legal sense. But I'm putting myself in the owner's place: upfront contract, month 4 of 6, more equity promised upon receiving a deliverable. Losing the developer is a major setback for my startup, and the developer threatens me with creating this setback unless I give a large amount of equity. I would certainly feel that the developer is trying to take advantage of me at that point. Like I said, it's one thing to negotiate better compensation, or to walk away for a better offer, etc. It's another to say "I can screw you over and I will use that to get more from you". And like I also said, there are two sides to every story. This is seen exclusively from the owner's side.

by aonic 18y ago

alex_c 18y ago

It doesn't matter what the nurse was doing OR how much the developer was getting paid. The developer agreed to the terms upfront (and I'm hoping there was some kind of contract involved). Renegotiating or asking for a raise is one thing, but this sounds a bit too much like blackmail to me. Of course, there are two sides to every story.

tptacek 18y ago
Blackmail?! She didn't take the company hostage. She quit it. You can always quit. I can always fire you. If you make a mistake when you negotiate a position, you are not ethically required to "ride it out" to some foreordained date.
- aonic 18y ago
  I'm going to link you to your own thread ;) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=183584 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=183584
- alex_c 18y ago
  I doubt anyone would consider it blackmail in the legal sense. But I'm putting myself in the owner's place: upfront contract, month 4 of 6, more equity promised upon receiving a deliverable. Losing the developer is a major setback for my startup, and the developer threatens me with creating this setback unless I give a large amount of equity. I would certainly feel that the developer is trying to take advantage of me at that point. Like I said, it's one thing to negotiate better compensation, or to walk away for a better offer, etc. It's another to say "I can screw you over and I will use that to get more from you". And like I also said, there are two sides to every story. This is seen exclusively from the owner's side.