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0 pointstwox25y ago0 comments

It's peanuts, but it's also REALITY. Few people get big windfalls working for startups as employees or even founders, but maybe you get a little bonus on top of your salary if there's an exit.

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falcolas5y ago

Few employees may get a windfall in reality, but it doesn’t make it easier to see (nor does it justify the founder’s choices).

Those employees are just as responsible for the company’s success as the founder is; it sucks to see them get shafted while the founder walks away with “fuck you” money.

twox2OP5y ago

Agreed, which is why it's good that this stuff is being shared. It's a datapoint to consider for those of us as we make career choices. But let's face it, if we are not founders, then we are just "the help".

falcolas5y ago

And without “the help”, most founders (OP included) won’t make it to the sale. You can’t scale without “the help”. You can’t grow your market without “the help”.

To badly paraphrase someone: “The idea isn’t what’s valuable, the implementation is.” That implementation is probably >90% thanks to “the help”.

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ericd5y ago

The founder walked away with the ability to buy one nice house or two crummy ones in Silicon Valley outright. The outrage!

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falcolas5y ago

Few employees may get a windfall in reality, but it doesn’t make it easier to see (nor does it justify the founder’s choices).

Those employees are just as responsible for the company’s success as the founder is; it sucks to see them get shafted while the founder walks away with “fuck you” money.

twox2OP5y ago

falcolas5y ago

And without “the help”, most founders (OP included) won’t make it to the sale. You can’t scale without “the help”. You can’t grow your market without “the help”.

To badly paraphrase someone: “The idea isn’t what’s valuable, the implementation is.” That implementation is probably >90% thanks to “the help”.

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ericd5y ago

The founder walked away with the ability to buy one nice house or two crummy ones in Silicon Valley outright. The outrage!

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse