https://ryanorban.com/categories/employment/Recent content in Employment on Ryan OrbanHugoen-usme@ryanorban.com (Ryan Orban)me@ryanorban.com (Ryan Orban)Ryan OrbanThu, 03 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://ryanorban.com/notes/crypto-pay-guide/Thu, 03 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000me@ryanorban.com (Ryan Orban)https://ryanorban.com/notes/crypto-pay-guide/<h3 id="summary" class="scroll-mt-8 group"> Summary <a href="#summary" class="no-underline hidden opacity-50 hover:opacity-100 !text-inherit group-hover:inline-block" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to this heading" tabindex="-1"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" class="lucide lucide-link w-4 h-4 block" viewBox="0 0 24 24" > <path d="M10 13a5 5 0 0 0 7.54.54l3-3a5 5 0 0 0-7.07-7.07l-1.72 1.71" /> <path d="M14 11a5 5 0 0 0-7.54-.54l-3 3a5 5 0 0 0 7.07 7.07l1.71-1.71" /> </svg> </a> </h3> <p>The Crypto Pay Guide is a series from C3 Group (a compensation consultancy) covering how full-time employees and contributors in the crypto industry get paid. Published on Mirror, the series addresses the unique challenges of compensation in Web3 — where typical packages mix traditional salary with token grants, and where the volatility, vesting, and tax treatment of token compensation create complexity that doesn&rsquo;t exist in traditional tech.</p>https://ryanorban.com/notes/dont-waste-time-crappy-startup-jobs/Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000me@ryanorban.com (Ryan Orban)https://ryanorban.com/notes/dont-waste-time-crappy-startup-jobs/<p><img src="https://ryanorban.com/images/notes/dont-waste-time-crappy-startup-jobs.png" alt="Don&rsquo;t Waste Your Time in Crappy Startup Jobs" class="note-hero-img" loading="lazy" /> </p> <h3 id="summary" class="scroll-mt-8 group"> Summary <a href="#summary" class="no-underline hidden opacity-50 hover:opacity-100 !text-inherit group-hover:inline-block" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to this heading" tabindex="-1"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" class="lucide lucide-link w-4 h-4 block" viewBox="0 0 24 24" > <path d="M10 13a5 5 0 0 0 7.54.54l3-3a5 5 0 0 0-7.07-7.07l-1.72 1.71" /> <path d="M14 11a5 5 0 0 0-7.54-.54l-3 3a5 5 0 0 0 7.07 7.07l1.71-1.71" /> </svg> </a> </h3> <p>Michael O. Church&rsquo;s contrarian essay arguing that most startup jobs are genuinely bad deals for software engineers, written in 2012 during peak startup mania. The argument: startup equity is almost always worthless (most startups fail, and even successful ones often have liquidation preferences or dilution that zeroes out early employees), the salary discount is real, and the promised learning opportunities are often illusory — you end up doing maintenance work on a product that&rsquo;s barely alive.</p>