> So he was a 10x analyst and maybe would have gotten 25% to 50% more pay than colleagues -- not worth it.
They guy died when he has barely old enough to (legally) drink a beer. I'd say it was pretty irrelevant if he was making 10% or 1,000% more than his colleagues.
The problem is that the system does not know when to stop. If you exceed expectations, expectations raise until you cannot exceed them anymore. If you have a good boss, he/she will shield you from the worst of it, but eventually you need to learn how to say "No, I am afraid I cannot".
