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> That means there's 270,000 amazing engineers this mythical sales-machine-with-a-big-audience Founder could partner with. But that founder isn't talking to 26
by eropple 3y ago
> That means there's 270,000 amazing engineers this mythical sales-machine-with-a-big-audience Founder could partner with.
But that founder isn't talking to 269,999 of them, in that situation. And the BATNA for not jumping on the technical cofounder train is "darn, keep my overpaid job".
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- fakedang 3y ago> And the BATNA for not jumping on the technical cofounder train is "darn, keep my overpaid job". HN folks commenting about their overpaid jobs while lambasting Tech for underpaying engineers. Peak HN confusion.
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- AnimalMuppet 3y agoWell, see, HN is more than one person. And different people have different perspectives. Some people here think FAANG overpays. Some people here think tech (including FAANG?) underpays. Some think that FAANG overpays and the rest of tech underpays. Some think the market in jobs is more or less efficient. Don't take comments here - even a number of them - as reflecting a consensus of "HN folks". There is rarely a consensus here. And that's fine, because thoughtful, well-reasoned comments from people I disagree with are one of the best things about HN.
- eropple 3y agoI was being a little tongue-in-cheek there, but I think there's truth there too--while excellent tech workers absolutely capture too little of their value, that's, uh, not a universal thing in my experience. But, yeah, walking away from a very solid $150K+ job--especially outside of the Bay Area, I make way less than a Bay Area principal but simply do not think about money!--to play the lottery is not an economically rational decision, and so if you want somebody to do that, yes, you absolutely do need to come correct.