This was inspiring in a way many "how I started a company" posts aren't.

I also appreciated the transparency re: the retention package offered to him in the Powerset acquisition. As a younger engineer, I've spent a lot of time focusing on salary numbers (going from $70k to $90k to $100k to $122k in a few years, and across a few companies), but I'm starting to see how that's less informative than bonuses/stock grants, where the real long-term incentives and house-buying/lifestyle-company-starting capital comes from.

Are there forums where folks openly discuss numbers like these? Glassdoor can be confusing sometimes, where it's unclear if folks are putting down their pre-tax salary number or their [salary + sign-on + annual bonus + RSU] number.