$60k and 0.5% for engineer ar employee #5 sounds low. But you're missing that YC companies are attractive employers and a lot of people are motivated as much or

$60k and 0.5% for engineer ar employee #5 sounds low. But you're missing that YC companies are attractive employers and a lot of people are motivated as much or more on what they are working on and with who. And that a reasonable case can be made that YC equity is more highly valued than non-YC equity. Also, it's likely that $60-80k salaries are temporary reductions pending funding.