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What we've seen in talent acquisition valuations we've captured is the range is large ($2-$5M/engineer). How much of that typically goes to the engineer? I im
by byoung2 14y ago
What we've seen in talent acquisition valuations we've captured is the range is large ($2-$5M/engineer).
How much of that typically goes to the engineer? I imagine that a $20 million purchase of a 10 engineer company roughly works out to $2 million per engineer, but I imagine the founders and early investors would get the lion's share.
- asanwal 14y agoUnfortunately, don't know the answer to this as even getting the $2-5M number took us some digging. But your assumption is probably right and is only logical in that the "spoils" of an acqui-hire are not evenly distributed across the team.
- hkarthik 14y agoIt's unfortunate that there's not much info available yet, as I suspect most folks involved in these kinds of deals are tied up in non-disclosure agreements and need to wait for vesting options to expire before they can open up. I look forward to finding out how the acqui-hires went in about 5-7 years, much like we're finding out about Flickr now.