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Comment by jmyeet

If your business (including your startup) relies on paying sub-market wages, that's a "you" problem. You're not entitled to underpay employees because your business can't survive if you don't.

I see this with startups all the time. Cofounders get 30-50% equity with preferences and then want to hire a lead engineer as a first hire... with 0.5% equity and a $100,000 salary.

Big companies already do a lot to pay as little as they possibly can. AI is just the latest foil to suppress wages.

parent jmyeet 24 days ago

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