[ergocoder]

OP probably takes in 3-5M a year. It is far from a cult when its benefit is a borderline generational wealth.

It is not surprising that OP likes Stripe so much.

You would fucking love your company if you were paid $5m USD per year as a regular engineer. Let's not kid ourselves lmao.

[crooked-v]

Of course, there are many other people in exactly the same situation who end up with nothing at all because they guessed on the wrong startup to work for.

[ergocoder]

Are we talking about Stripe? Or you like to vent about startups in general?

If this is just about startups in general, I fully agree. I didn't know we have moved on to a new topic but ok.

I was responding to the parent thread regarding Stripe being a cult. No other cults pay most of their members in millions of dollars.

[crooked-v]

The point is that getting paid that much is, for the average employee, purely a lucky result of having happened to choose the company that succeeded.

[ergocoder]

Sure, so it is not related to stripe.

I totally agree with you. Bad luck and/or choosing bad company would get you in a bad situation. Water is also wet.

[tomnipotent]

> OP probably takes in 3-5M a year.

I would be surprised if they're bringing in more than $250k pre-tax.

[kache_]

lol

>levels.fyi

[ergocoder]

250k is like base salary for staff level. It is not that high.

[tomnipotent]

You're completely out of touch if you think that. Maybe a SWE/PM with 10 years of experience, but OP is a writer/researcher at a company of one. No one is paying mid-level PR/comms that well. At $250k you're in the top 5% of earners.

[ergocoder]

OP was at Stripe. And while at Stripe, she likely earned way more than 250k a year.

You are the one who is completely out of touch.

[russelldjimmy]

I’m reminded of this article when I see a comment like this

https://www.riknieu.com/the-gods-on-hackernews/

[ergocoder]

In that article, people demean having product with $1000 MRR by comparing to the compensation of FAANG

The opposite happens here. Comments are criticizing OP for worshipping her time at Stripe. OP was working too hard blah blah blah... except that OP was also paid handsomely for her work.

[tomnipotent]

> except that OP was also paid

Except you're pulling that out of thin air with no proof and clearly no idea what kind of comp packages the average person has. Stripe isn't even a public company, how do you think she made all that money?

And she joined Stripe in 2015, when the company was already five years old. Whatever equity she received would be a pittance and issued at relatively high strike prices (Stripe had very favorable 409a's), and it's very unlikely for her role and experience level to be worth more than a year-or-two of salary.

[RikNieu]

You called? XD

[russelldjimmy]

Haha wow! Nice to meet you.

[peyton]

OP is not an engineer.