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Today we reduced headcount by 22% / The goal is 100x output

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Not too long ago, a recruiter reached out for a confidential client that turned out to be ClickUp with a posting that felt off (600-900k + stock and bonus compensation), I was left wondering what kind of insanity is rolled into the job for this amount. Now I know.

Re: Today we reduced headcount by 22% / The goal is 100x output

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post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They mention "million-dollar salary bands."

What was the original salary given a 100X increase in productivity? If they get a 50X salary, maybe 20K USD? Maybe I don’t understand how this works.

Five-digit salary times 100x hits a million:

  $60,000 * 10 * 10 =~ 10e6
Going from 60k to 600k to 6m. Probably won't be six million but maybe closer to 1m. A million a year is still "in the millions."

Really doubt tens of millions, but at that point ICs could also be VCs.

Re: Today we reduced headcount by 22% / The goal is 100x output

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post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What was the original salary given a 100X increase in productivity? If they get a 50X salary, maybe 20K USD? Maybe I don’t understand how this works.

Five-digit salary times 100x hits a million: $60,000 * 10 * 10 =~ 10e6 Going from 60k to 600k to 6m. Probably won't be six million but maybe closer to 1m. A million a year is still "in the millions." Really doubt tens of millions, but at that point ICs could also be VCs.

50 times 20K is one million.

Re: Today we reduced headcount by 22% / The goal is 100x output

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Five-digit salary times 100x hits a million: $60,000 * 10 * 10 =~ 10e6 Going from 60k to 600k to 6m. Probably won't be six million but maybe closer to 1m. A million a year is still "in the millions." Really doubt tens of millions, but at that point ICs could also be VCs.

50 times 20K is one million.

True. Reading again, their 10X folks will become a hundred times more productive, with AI being that (single order of magnitude) force-multiplier. So six-figure multiplied by ten is in the millions, I guess.
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