The purpose of our salaries is to keep us alive while we build a great company; what arbitrary number of dollars is required to do that isn't important to me. We have an equal number of shares, because he's an equal partner.
If I take an extra 20k of salary, that's 20k less we can use to hire someone better/smarter. I'd much rather work with smarter people than drive a nicer car. I don't really care for "stuff" anyway.
If you offered to let me stay at this level for the rest of my life and promised I'd always be able to work on something I believed in, I'd take that deal in a heartbeat, even if it's far below market.
If I take an extra 20k of salary, that's 20k less we can use to hire someone better/smarter. I'd much rather work with smarter people than drive a nicer car. I don't really care for "stuff" anyway.
If you offered to let me stay at this level for the rest of my life and promised I'd always be able to work on something I believed in, I'd take that deal in a heartbeat, even if it's far below market.
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