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Re: Explore Salaries and Equity at AngelList

#13

Post by jonathanjaeger »

31reasons wrote: post #12

1-3% equity for an employee of an early stage startup sounds ridiculously low. Are employees taking less risk than founders ? I think unless you pay salaries at standard market price they should be considered founders.

Wrong. There's a big difference between taking $20-50K less per year in salary and chugging away for years with little or no pay. Whether you're full-time as an entrepreneur trying to make a startup or slaving away in your free time, when you could be out partying, there's an inherent risk in time and money that is not the same as a simple pay cut.

Re: Explore Salaries and Equity at AngelList

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Post by pc86 »

The graphs bother me. Okay, so 61 Python developer positions offer 0.5-1% and 59 offer 0.25-0.5%; presumably 0.5% is more common than 0.49 or 0.51, so where is 0.5 categorized? Which value is inclusive in the range and which is exclusive?

Since the graphs tend to be split on relatively common values they don't add much insight to the job postings.

Re: Explore Salaries and Equity at AngelList

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Post by outside1234 »

mbesto wrote: post #7
auston wrote: post #2

a lot lower than i expected - also would love to see the package (so $150k + .5-1%) distribution.

I question why equity is on a bar chart as it's not a directly comparable attribute. 1% of a 100,000 units is incrementally different from 1% of 10,000 units. It does at least "set a bar", so I could potentially say "well on average 1% of the company for a developer is average."

I don't understand your statement about how 1% of 100,000 shares is different from 1% of 10,000. How is it different?

Re: Explore Salaries and Equity at AngelList

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Post by dpeck »

Perhaps my perception of the cost of living multiple for the bay area is distorted, but I can't believe that anyone is working as a developer there for the lower side of that curve.

Those offerings seem comparable to what I see here in Atlanta.

Re: Explore Salaries and Equity at AngelList

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Post by jwoah12 »

outside1234 wrote: post #15
mbesto wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I question why equity is on a bar chart as it's not a directly comparable attribute. 1% of a 100,000 units is incrementally different from 1% of 10,000 units. It does at least "set a bar", so I could potentially say "well on average 1% of the company for a developer is average."

I don't understand your statement about how 1% of 100,000 shares is different from 1% of 10,000. How is it different?

By about 900 shares.

Joking aside, though, I don't think it's different at all in this context.

Re: Explore Salaries and Equity at AngelList

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Post by joshmlewis »

dpeck wrote: post #16

Perhaps my perception of the cost of living multiple for the bay area is distorted, but I can't believe that anyone is working as a developer there for the lower side of that curve. Those offerings seem comparable to what I see here in Atlanta.

What's the startup scene in Atlanta like? I visited MailChimp there and attended a conference a few months ago. I live in Greenville, SC and we have an interesting little hub here.
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