[jmye]

I mean, people from that particular sub, in spite of its name and its one rather unfortunate representative, generally seem to care about nothing but compensation, including the idea that one might have to offer talent to justify it.

I think the point (in the article, at least, and maybe I’m losing something in the way it’s been written) is that a freelancer who offers to do the work for a justifiable/earned amount is better than hiring the guy who wants a VP/C/staff/whatever title and thinks their salary (and their equity) is important as a matter of prestige and because they showed up, rather than output.