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Deep Work(ava.substack.com)
2 points by bspear 5y ago|0 comments
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by bspear 5y ago
How did you rule out startups? I'm interviewing with some startups right now, found this site helpful for anyone in the same boat: https://topstartups.io/
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by bspear 5y ago
A lot of well-funded startups pay SWE $200K+ in base salary. You can find a bunch of examples here: https://topstartups.io/startup-salary-equity-database/?team=...
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by bspear 5y ago
25%+ is the bare minimum at this stage, but really it should be close to 33% because they don't have anything built yet. It's also not ideal that the "technical" co-founder who's family is not advanced technically.
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by bspear 5y ago
Agreed, it's a colossal waste of time when the ranges don't overlap at all. Also important that startup employees in particular understand market pay in terms of equity and salary. This tool is helpful for that: https:/&#x2F
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How to Read a Book(dkb.io)
3 points by bspear 5y ago|0 comments
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by bspear 5y ago
I am not, just found it the other day googling for other stuff
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Cryptotreasuries(bitcointreasuries.net)
2 points by bspear 5y ago|0 comments
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Michael Saylor's Killer Interview(milkroad.com)
1 points by bspear 5y ago|3 comments
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by bspear 5y ago
Strike price is much lower, so it's cheaper to exercise and potentially more tax-favorable due to QSBS too
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by bspear 5y ago
What about asking them for their comp bands upfront? So you don't waste your time if it's a non-starter
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by bspear 5y ago
Submission system automatically uses canonical
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by bspear 5y ago
My guess is that there isn't a CTO there, and the Director/VP is waiting in the wings for that title
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Mimetic Traps(briantimar.com)
3 points by bspear 5y ago|0 comments
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by bspear 5y ago
Haven't heard of this reasoning before, but it makes a lot of sense to me. Unless those roles still pay much better in big tech, but I think you're right - any gap in cash comp is probably small, which makes startups more attracti
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by bspear 5y ago
I haven't seen startup data on levels.fyi
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by bspear 5y ago
Really? There's no indication breakoutlist does that on their site? Or they just don't disclose if companies paid
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by bspear 5y ago
That's true, although there are more companies offering extended exercise windows: https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows
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by bspear 5y ago
Don't understand HN truncation rules, linked the right one originally Edit: someone pointed out below that the canonical link incorrectly pointed to the base URL
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by bspear 5y ago
This is really cool
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by bspear 5y ago
No, if you're say, an Eng manager with a Series B offer, there is a standard equity % band
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by bspear 5y ago
Do specific tech stacks have more earning power though? Which ones?
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Microacquire(app.microacquire.com)
2 points by bspear 5y ago|0 comments
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How to Learn JavaScript(sive.rs)
2 points by bspear 5y ago|0 comments
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Progress and Volatility(drorpoleg.com)
3 points by bspear 5y ago|1 comments
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by bspear 5y ago
Weird I think HN changed the URL. This is the right one: https://topstartups.io/startup-salary-equity-database/
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Open Salary and Equity Database(topstartups.io)
249 points by bspear 5y ago|74 comments
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Becoming a better writer as a software engineer(blog.pragmaticengineer.com)
1 points by bspear 5y ago|0 comments
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by bspear 5y ago
Know several people below VP who negotiated extensions. Never hurts to ask especially if the cash difference can be life-changing