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You'll make way more money if you do well, because you have a huge influence on the outcome of how well the company will do. I very much dislike this learned h

• winrid 5y ago
  My problem is you're talking in absolutes, which are just not true. There is no guarantee you'll make more money if you do well. It helps, yes, but it's not good to mislead people. Yes, I've doubled compensation at companies by doing a good job, but there is a lot more to it than that. You can build the best software in the world but if you have a crap sales team your performance doesn't matter. If you're going to make that kind of investment and expect to have a return in the future you have to analyze the companies you work at like an investor would, and that's just the first step.
• lostdog 5y ago
  There is a difference between having a large impact on the company's product and it's overall success versus getting properly compensated for your efforts. It's always possible to try to do great work and to push the company in a great direction. That's great, and yes people like this are great to work with. However, stock options are nearly always structured to keep money away from employees rather than rewarding them. Some of the structure is due to the tax laws, but plenty of it is due to the terms companies set for their stock options. You seem to be confusing these two things.