The base was 230k which in retrospective is not really killer for this area. In hindsight I should have known that this was an unreasonable salary for the size

The base was 230k which in retrospective is not really killer for this area. In hindsight I should have known that this was an unreasonable salary for the size of the company and its stage, and so it was kind of a red herring. Suffice to say I won't ever make this mistake again.