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Yes, I am talking about $500k annual vs making at least $1.5 million in a couple of months and doing something else Hm, worst case, people on HN debate an irre

Yes, I am talking about $500k annual vs making at least $1.5 million in a couple of months and doing something else Hm, worst case, people on HN debate an irrelevant understanding of what I say is possible Best case, they copy it en masse and dilute the opportunities faster No thanks I would take $500k doing the same stuff for a tech employer but nobody is offering that right now. Some contracting firms do, kind of, don’t really want hourly though and also want the benefits. I want to focus on someone else's visions, get paid on days off, no risk. Also want a ton of equity I wouldn’t go and purchase myself. Or private equity that I wouldn't have the opportunity of purchasing in addition to an attractive cash compensation. (These are all things I could do in just frontend/fullstack work.) Some smaller companies are going above the 125-150k range, to double that. But not quite and they’re still few and far between.

rantwasp 5y ago
ideas are cheap. execution matters.
- vmception 5y ago
  which obviously applies more to the person asking about what I've done because their ideas and execution made them nothing. good luck ya'll. this is a thread about the conundrum of leveraging this experience without losing freedom or opportunity costs, not about being miffed that someone won't share how to make money, its like you all want to be scammed into purchasing an some youtuber's outdated amazon dropshipping masterclass.
- lschwalf 5y ago
  Looks like something to do with cryptocurrency. > You can launch DAOs that automate anything these days and take a small percentage from the users of it. Just automate any small aspect of what people do and auto-liquidate proceeds for USD* so that you aren't accidentally speculating on anything, your users can pay for the liquidation too. > *Your oracle server/cron job can incorporate a broker's API to get actual USD, your DAO can only get surrogates such as USDC which is redeemable 1:1 for USD at certain brokerages. > It's a boom town. Anybody can make 3x more than what a FAANG would pay annually, and that's being generous.
  - vmception 5y ago
    One of many things you can do, Just didn’t want to people working on ads for a living to derail a conversation because they think crypto anything is a waste of time and mindshare
onlyrealcuzzo 5y ago
It's not uncommon for FAANG to pay >$500k for senior engineers.

rantwasp 5y ago

ideas are cheap. execution matters.

vmception 5y ago
which obviously applies more to the person asking about what I've done because their ideas and execution made them nothing. good luck ya'll. this is a thread about the conundrum of leveraging this experience without losing freedom or opportunity costs, not about being miffed that someone won't share how to make money, its like you all want to be scammed into purchasing an some youtuber's outdated amazon dropshipping masterclass.
lschwalf 5y ago
Looks like something to do with cryptocurrency. > You can launch DAOs that automate anything these days and take a small percentage from the users of it. Just automate any small aspect of what people do and auto-liquidate proceeds for USD* so that you aren't accidentally speculating on anything, your users can pay for the liquidation too. > *Your oracle server/cron job can incorporate a broker's API to get actual USD, your DAO can only get surrogates such as USDC which is redeemable 1:1 for USD at certain brokerages. > It's a boom town. Anybody can make 3x more than what a FAANG would pay annually, and that's being generous.
- vmception 5y ago
  One of many things you can do, Just didn’t want to people working on ads for a living to derail a conversation because they think crypto anything is a waste of time and mindshare

onlyrealcuzzo 5y ago

It's not uncommon for FAANG to pay >$500k for senior engineers.