[danpalmer]

The board are often paid, but typically not much. Perhaps pro-rata "market rate" for the sorts of people on boards like this, but with the amount of time being so limited it's not huge sums of money. I'd expect much less than a typical SWE salary, perhaps an order of magnitude. I think the roles are often fulfilled for free.

In this case, it was the founder, so his upside is huge already from stock. Call that pay if you like, but I think it's a bit different.