Comment by plinkplonk

"they would give their left-you-know-what for a 300K over three years offer from Microsoft"

I am missing something here. 300K over 3 years is 100k /year. Assuming you are drawing a decent salary in the United States this effectively doubles your salary. Would you sell your left-you-know-what for a job that doubles your salary?

Some context: I make over 100K US $ (and that is in India. Expenses are much lower here, than say in Silicon Valley. I have many friends who make similar amounts of money).

I wouldn't automatically accept a job at Microsoft just because they double that amount, especially if the alternative is working on an idea/code base I love full time. I could live on about a 1000 $ after taxes (I am single and have no debt) if I were working on something world changing with brilliant people I respect and can learn from.

I am sure I am missing something. maybe the payout is 300 K US $ / year? (though it doesn't read that way) That is more tempting to be sure. Even for that amount I still wouldn't give my left-you-know-what :-)