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Yeah, that's my thought too. Many companies give ~$200/y for way less upward mobility, impact and voice, and without any equity.

Maybe you'd lose our on some tiny perk/benefit but that's not always the case.

So I'm not seeing what's wrong with this deal with the only caveat that the engineer has the experience not to overwork/burn out.

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It depends on the role and company, if you want to get paid 200k per year for the opportunity to do X - then sure. In practice, you may end up doing basic work at a lower quality than a large firm. Such experience doesn't translate the up-leveled title to a more standard position.

>> So I'm not seeing what's wrong with this deal with the only caveat that the engineer has the experience not to overwork/burn out.

The startup can go bankrupt any moment, thats a big deal. You get crappy perks, often poor benefits.

And at a large corp you can get laid off just as easily. Any business can toss you out at a moments notice. It's not unique to startups.

At least with a startup you are going into it knowing that you have a higher probability of thing going south financially. With a big company, you might not get any warning at all.

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