Comment by IncreasePosts
3 days ago
You'd think instead of paying 1 really good engineer $250M you could pay 5 really good engineers $50M each.
3 days ago
You'd think instead of paying 1 really good engineer $250M you could pay 5 really good engineers $50M each.
This is a Bighead on the roof scenario. They aren't paying $250m to actually have $250m worth of work produced. They're paying it so that their competition doesn't have it.
I liked it better when companies were hoarding bootcamp grads.
If they are worth $250M to not work imagine how much they’d be worth if they said “screw that I’ll spin out my own company and license myself out.” I guess being paid a quarter billion to not work is hard to argue against though.
That implies that the dude can generate $250M+ of value in a couple years. No need to put him on the roof, make him work. But, my point is - doesn't it seem reasonable that if you hire 5 people who take the $50M offer, you have a good chance of getting a better outcome than hiring the one guy for $250M?