[foobiekr]

To be completely honest, the parent poster is referring to the common experience of normal people. If you were in the position to take months off after a large liquidity event, that experience doesn't apply to you.

There is a similar effect people have when they reach a certain level of financial independence - not only are offers better, but negotiation is much easier. Companies react to confidence (whatever the source) the same way individuals do.

[Rapzid]

Probably not too many avg Joes doing skunkwerks at Uber and getting laid off..

[malandrew]

Every engineer on HN should be earning enough that they can put away 6+ months of expenses just in case.