> You can't play with 500k/yr strategy because they are other top companies with deeper pocket and can throw more money at employees than yahoo, also because it

> You can't play with 500k/yr strategy because they are other top companies with deeper pocket and can throw more money at employees than yahoo, also because it creates a bad precent, where current employees who might be more talented but getting 1/5th of the pay. It also artificially increases values of developers IMO. Silicon Valley has this weird thing where it thinks the labor market shouldn't behave like a market.