The plight of the Kagatob

[Raev]

Of course people join startups to make money. If you join an early stage startup that makes it big, you can make 10s of millions of dollars. It's simply not possible to get paid that much in a big company.

And I never said that money was the only factor in hiring decisions. But if you are offering 50% more compensation than your competition, you will get the best people. It's just amazing to me that you guys are trying to avoid this point on some sort of vague 'well salary isn't the only thing' platform. And even if we are comparing intangibles, presumably my all-female company is winning there too: they won't have to put up with all of that uncomfortable atmosphere that you guys keep insisting men emanate, and because the CEO/HR/etc are all presumably above average for the same reasons we can expect a good working environment.