[diminoten]

Wait, this line confused me:

> Another thing that made this situation complicated was that Kyle and I are recently engaged.

So, your fiance is Kyle, who is the guy you're doing negotiations with for her salary?

The methodology is extremely useful, but I feel like that makes this story extremely specific. Like you said,

> I told him that, if I got this offer from any other company, he’d be the first person I would ask for help.

[wetzler]

OP here. You're right - it was confusing! I tried to evaluate my offer objectively and wanted to share the tools I used to do that (as well as get feedback on the approach). My relationships with the founders were a key part of the story that I didn't mention until late in the post. I added an intro which hopefully makes it more readable now.