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> Considering how many engineers would gladly take a below market wage for an opportunity to work at Apple Well, then Steve had nothing to worry about, did he?

• cbsmith 13y ago
  > Well, then Steve had nothing to worry about, did he? Then why the secret agreement?? Exactly. The motivations behind this practice, the nature of the practice, and the individuals impacted by it are just horribly misunderstood and distorted because the story that big Silicon Valley success stories are making their fortunes by screwing over the "little guy" (whose base salary is at or above the 98th percentile nationally and well above the 99th percentile globally... and that's ignoring bonuses & equity) is just so easy to sell.