[wkirby]

Apsis co-founder here. I think there's an excellent economic argument from the employer's perspective for what we do: we can attract top-tier talent that's technically outside of our budget, without having to come up with the money to pay for it.

Not every 10x-employee* is looking for non-monetary compensation, but there are plenty out there who are happy earning "enough" without sacrificing their life for a bank account. We get the best engineers, and the best engineers get to stay happy at work, which makes them even more productive.

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* I actually don't think there's such a thing as a 10x employee. Honest to god we hire for 1x employees; finding an additional head that doesn't reduce team efficiency is an extraordinary challenge.