The pertinent takeaway is that a professional career would yield a much higher percentage of total equity ownership in prior decades.
I worked at a shop where the pay scale worked out like the following.
- Eng2: 140k
- Eng Manager: 180k
- Eng Director: 250-500k depending
- C suite: 20 MM per year (direct payment)
- Founder: > 200 MM per year (ownership stake/cap gains).
I suspect that such scales are more common than we know.
I worked at a shop where the pay scale worked out like the following.
- Eng2: 140k - Eng Manager: 180k - Eng Director: 250-500k depending - C suite: 20 MM per year (direct payment) - Founder: > 200 MM per year (ownership stake/cap gains).
I suspect that such scales are more common than we know.