[rick888]

"How will you, as a founder, do things differently?"

Pay developers what they are worth. If you can't afford it, then you are doing something wrong.

[mmt]

Exactly. TFA's theme is having employees invest cash by taking below market salaries.

Smart, experienced[1], disciplined employees will expect this to be a choice. Some may take the equity. Others will insist on the cash.

I agree that if one can't afford the latter, one is doing something wrong.

[1] In the ways of startups and the tech industry in general