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The irony of being an early engineering employee (and any engineer really) is that the better job you do the easier it is to replace you with someone who can ma
by onion2k 2y ago
The irony of being an early engineering employee (and any engineer really) is that the better job you do the easier it is to replace you with someone who can maintain what you built. Accepting a below market salary and then doing a great job is a huge risk.
- repomies69 2y ago> Accepting a below market salary and then doing a great job is a huge risk. By doing bad quality work on purpose will not make you learn anything. Better idea is to leave your underpaid position, start your own startup or join another that has better salary and compensation.
- aorloff 2y agoSure, in startups that don't grow. In startups that experience internet growth, you find yourself trying to build systems so fast and hire people that you aren't so worried about someone replacing the job you used to have because the nature of your job is changing as the company scales. And if the startup is not growing, you can stop worrying about the equity package