Outrageous salaries are part of FAAMG’s* moat. It’s very hard to lure a googler away to your startup when you can only afford to pay them half their current sal

Outrageous salaries are part of FAAMG’s* moat. It’s very hard to lure a googler away to your startup when you can only afford to pay them half their current salary. And even if said googler is interested, their lifestyle is now depends on that salary. * I don’t count Netflix as in league with the others