> It wasn’t actually a great sacrifice. The direct personal cost was mentioned in the original public letter: >> What with big-tech salaries and share vesting

> It wasn’t actually a great sacrifice. The direct personal cost was mentioned in the original public letter: >> What with big-tech salaries and share vestings, this will probably cost me over a million (pre-tax) dollars, not to mention the best job I’ve ever had, working with awfully good people. Even though it's unlikely to put the author in the poorhouse, that's not a trivial cost.