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> He's saying that most people optimize for promotion rather than building a better product. If you want them to optimize for building a better product, give t
by viklove 6y ago
> He's saying that most people optimize for promotion rather than building a better product.
If you want them to optimize for building a better product, give them more equity. Most people don't want to work during the best 40 years of their lives. Give them a way out or they will try to find one themselves.
- moreranchplease 6y agoExactly! Give people equity if you really want them to care about the product over what's best for their career.
- ZephyrBlu 6y agoIn the article he says this doesn't work because people effectively view equity as salary.
- Aeolun 6y agoAnd rightly so. Your google equity is absolutely disconnected from whatever product you are building there. External forces are more likely to affect it than anything you do personally.
- ZephyrBlu 6y agoYes, exactly. But this is the complete opposite of what people are saying in this thread.