Maybe not many people making $220 take these offers?
There has to be a fair number of start ups that really don't "need" a $220k engineer if their business is "uber...but for cleaning your windows".
It would be interesting to see the breakdown of who does take these roles.
Granted "founding engineer" implys a lot so I'm not disagreeing with the premise or article, but sometimes on HN the idea that an engineer costs $200k+ is just assumed where often I think that isn't the case.
Maybe not many people making $220 take these offers?
There has to be a fair number of start ups that really don't "need" a $220k engineer if their business is "uber...but for cleaning your windows".
It would be interesting to see the breakdown of who does take these roles.
Granted "founding engineer" implys a lot so I'm not disagreeing with the premise or article, but sometimes on HN the idea that an engineer costs $200k+ is just assumed where often I think that isn't the case.