Salaries
I saw a tweet from the CEO of Lamba School talking about salaries of some of their graduates and thought it was interesting and relevant to my post yesterday.
So a lot of Lambda School grads get hired making more than I (or most all Lambda School staff make), and every once in a while I get a little bit jealous of them. But now we have students getting hired at space companies (Blue Origin) and all of us are jealous.
The harsh reality of working a small but growing start-up is that you will undoubtedly take a paycut from what you can earn from a larger company.
Of course, this is a choice that we all make to pursue our dreams of building a company, get invaluable experience, and get equity in a company.
I am not complaining about the situation I am in, but it is a reality that we all face. The opportunity cost when looking at pure salary numbers can be significant.