2 things: (1) this may change soon but for the past 2 years I&#x27;ve seen a decent % of startups pay around the Google scale ($130-$160), with raises not too far from the scale set-out in the article. However, the big difference of course is that many of these startups will never make it to year 5... (2) this should be qualified as &quot;...for Engineers&quot; (maybe implied by the venue ha). The math is pretty different when you talk about (a) finance&#x2F;consultant types deciding between big institutions and startups [pay is MUCH worse unless you win big, but hours and work satisfactions are higher..or supposed to be] and (b) sales&#x2F;ops types [pay is comparable, hours are worse, but potential impact is higher..or supposed to be].