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Perhaps you're not technically buying a human being; but everyone's allegiance has a price. I'll retract my statement if someone shows me real evidence that th
by bulte-rs 13y ago
Perhaps you're not technically buying a human being; but everyone's allegiance has a price.
I'll retract my statement if someone shows me real evidence that they've turned down a 500 (ok, perhaps 50 should be enough) million dollar job offer.
- pskittle 13y agoYes every allegiance has a price , however What you're suggesting from what i understood is that A16z would pay 50 million dollars to a new hire. With them being in the VC business , i think they know that , such amount of money can possibly invested in growing their portfolios. I don't have any evidence of any engineer being offered such exorbitant salaries , however this gets close. http://www.businessinsider.com/a-google-programmer-blew-off-a-500000-salary-at-startup--because-hes-already-making-3-million-every-year-2014-1 http://www.businessinsider.com/a-google-programmer-blew-off-... If you can find a reputed VC firm like A16z , whose looking to do what you propose (please post a link)
- bulte-rs 13y ago(Late reply: better late than never) Ok, it's somewhat of a hyperbole. 50M for a single hire is extremely exorbitant (after all, we're not european soccer players), but consider being offered a salary 5 times your current pay. I'm loyal to my employer as hell, even though he only pays me around 45k (euros, yes, i should get more ;) and I'd like to think I'm 'morally gifted', so I wouldn't consider quitting my current job when someone offers me double... 3 times plus, is a different story, I'm scratch my head at least twice.