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So why does anyone good work at Amazon? And if the only people left at amazon are most crappy people willing to take the abuse, how can they build such a thrivi

• vl 15y ago
  They actually do pay shitload of money to senior and especially principal people, mostly in the form of stock grants. They have really strange vesting schedule too: something like 5% first year, 5% second, 45% third, 45% fourth. To compensate for the dropped income they give you sign-up bonus for first and second years. I left before my first vest as soon as interesting start up showed up (start up didn't survive, but at least it was fun).
• vidarh 15y ago
  I think people massive overestimate how smart people you need to build most things. (and Google overestimate more than most...)