The funny thing is that where we are based (LA-area), there's no scarcity at all of developers jobs, so, as I said, the main reason why the founders are getting

The funny thing is that where we are based (LA-area), there's no scarcity at all of developers jobs, so, as I said, the main reason why the founders are getting away with this is because they managed to find people "naive enough" to think that you should be lucky if you are severely underpaid and at the end of the year you get a performance bonus that might make up for the difference.