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fermentation on July 26, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Windsurf employee #2: I was given a payout of only...

I often see job postings here looking for "top <1% engineer talent" paying $100k and <1% equity and I wonder who is actually applying.

ageyfman on July 26, 2025 | [–]

they have to say this to safe face. people who're interviewing most of the time can't even tell if it's a 50% engineer

ponector on July 26, 2025 | | [–]

No one will say: we are looking for cheap mediocre talent with no intention to grow, just to process assigned Jira tickets. Even if that is the actual truth in many cases.

blittle on July 26, 2025 | [–]

Not a 1% engineer

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