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OP probably takes in 3-5M a year. It is far from a cult when its benefit is a borderline generational wealth. It is not surprising that OP likes Stripe so much
by ergocoder 4y ago
OP probably takes in 3-5M a year. It is far from a cult when its benefit is a borderline generational wealth.
It is not surprising that OP likes Stripe so much.
You would fucking love your company if you were paid $5m USD per year as a regular engineer. Let's not kid ourselves lmao.
- crooked-v 4y agoOf course, there are many other people in exactly the same situation who end up with nothing at all because they guessed on the wrong startup to work for.
- ergocoder 4y agoAre we talking about Stripe? Or you like to vent about startups in general? If this is just about startups in general, I fully agree. I didn't know we have moved on to a new topic but ok. I was responding to the parent thread regarding Stripe being a cult. No other cults pay most of their members in millions of dollars.
- crooked-v 4y agoThe point is that getting paid that much is, for the average employee, purely a lucky result of having happened to choose the company that succeeded.
- ergocoder 4y agoSure, so it is not related to stripe. I totally agree with you. Bad luck and/or choosing bad company would get you in a bad situation. Water is also wet.
- tomnipotent 4y ago> OP probably takes in 3-5M a year. I would be surprised if they're bringing in more than $250k pre-tax.
- kache_ 4y agolol >levels.fyi
- ergocoder 4y ago250k is like base salary for staff level. It is not that high.
- tomnipotent 4y agoYou're completely out of touch if you think that. Maybe a SWE/PM with 10 years of experience, but OP is a writer/researcher at a company of one. No one is paying mid-level PR/comms that well. At $250k you're in the top 5% of earners.
- ergocoder 4y agoOP was at Stripe. And while at Stripe, she likely earned way more than 250k a year. You are the one who is completely out of touch.
- russelldjimmy 4y agoI’m reminded of this article when I see a comment like this https://www.riknieu.com/the-gods-on-hackernews/ https://www.riknieu.com/the-gods-on-hackernews/
- RikNieu 4y agoYou called? XD
- russelldjimmy 4y agoHaha wow! Nice to meet you.
- ergocoder 4y agoIn that article, people demean having product with $1000 MRR by comparing to the compensation of FAANG The opposite happens here. Comments are criticizing OP for worshipping her time at Stripe. OP was working too hard blah blah blah... except that OP was also paid handsomely for her work.
- junofan 4y agoOP is not an engineer.