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I think they're saying that it's not a very appealing place to work if you can get $500k or higher offer from the Googles and Facebooks of the world.
by vostok 7y ago
I think they're saying that it's not a very appealing place to work if you can get $500k or higher offer from the Googles and Facebooks of the world.
- vonmoltke 7y agoHow many people can actually get that, though? Those are outlier numbers.
- aantix 7y agoTake a look at the engineers at Basecamp. Many with 10+ years with the company, numerous contributions to The Rails ecosystem. They are the outliers.
- vostok 7y agoClearly few enough that basecamp can still hire people. I'm not saying it's typical. I'm just explaining where the parent comment is coming from.
- brandall10 7y agoThe vast majority of those comp packages are due to stock appreciation, and in the cases where they are not, it's due to competition between FAANG companies - all of which require you to relocate to a super high COL area and go into an office and deal with a questionable corporate environment. None of this applies to Basecamp, and as much as I'm a fan of Rails I've spent a lot of time in that source and am not of the mind that a top Rails hacker is doing work nearly as difficult as the more sr. staff at a FAANG.