Max is a life enhancer for tech & entrepreneurship. Which seeks to blend both to build innovative products or services for the world that solves hard problems.
That's really awesome Dave your one of the rare breed of people I know that is able to take a pay cut of 75% for the right culture for a startup. I would prefer to be realistic and help to address startup founders' perception in choosing a senior developer as a first option. Instead, focus on attracting the right developer who might be diamond in the rough to create their own team of avengers.
Never the less most of what I wrote does relate to the culture of the company and startup founders in cultivating the right culture. To attract the right developers to join them in what they are doing for their ethos, values, vision & traditions in the startup to solve problems for their customers.
Most Senior's that I talk to, and are in my age bracket (mid-career) are in a similar financial situation. One that I talked to recently was talking about quitting IT all-together & going to stack shelves, mostly to get away from the stress of the role he was in.
Startup's don't have deep pockets, but they can still attract developers away from high paying salaries, just by offering the right extras. Things like more time working from home don't cost the company anything, things like stock in the startup instead of bonus means that seniors will be more invested in the long term success of the company.
I've even seen some startups that offer stock as a signing bonus, let alone the annual one.
Max is a life enhancer for tech & entrepreneurship. Which seeks to blend both to build innovative products or services for the world that solves hard problems.
Yeah... I do have some qualms with that part regarding stock options. Especially if there is the usual vesting applied to your stock options.
I do understand that senior developer in your age bracket and experience. Might be seeking for something else instead of just pay & benefits. I would love to talk to you through a 5 - 10 mins zoom call to listen on your point of view further.
Max is a life enhancer for tech & entrepreneurship. Which seeks to blend both to build innovative products or services for the world that solves hard problems.
That's really awesome Dave your one of the rare breed of people I know that is able to take a pay cut of 75% for the right culture for a startup. I would prefer to be realistic and help to address startup founders' perception in choosing a senior developer as a first option. Instead, focus on attracting the right developer who might be diamond in the rough to create their own team of avengers.
Never the less most of what I wrote does relate to the culture of the company and startup founders in cultivating the right culture. To attract the right developers to join them in what they are doing for their ethos, values, vision & traditions in the startup to solve problems for their customers.
Most Senior's that I talk to, and are in my age bracket (mid-career) are in a similar financial situation. One that I talked to recently was talking about quitting IT all-together & going to stack shelves, mostly to get away from the stress of the role he was in.
Startup's don't have deep pockets, but they can still attract developers away from high paying salaries, just by offering the right extras. Things like more time working from home don't cost the company anything, things like stock in the startup instead of bonus means that seniors will be more invested in the long term success of the company.
I've even seen some startups that offer stock as a signing bonus, let alone the annual one.
Yeah... I do have some qualms with that part regarding stock options. Especially if there is the usual vesting applied to your stock options.
I do understand that senior developer in your age bracket and experience. Might be seeking for something else instead of just pay & benefits. I would love to talk to you through a 5 - 10 mins zoom call to listen on your point of view further.
I've just followed you back to enable the chat feature on here. Feel free to get in touch there to set something up if you want a quick chat.
For info, I'll be working approx 5am-4pm GMT during the week, that's probably the best time to find me at a laptop (to be able to use Zoom etc).
Great, which GMT timezone so that I align with yours to setup up a chat.
I'm in UK, so currently BST (aka GMT+1)