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Originally Posted by emathias
The model I'm referring to is equity. In large companies like Google and Amazon, it's relatively predictable what that will be worth, but it's still possible to make significantly more from equity if something unusual happens, and with smaller companies the potential upside can be significant. If seen equity offers from the West Coast and the Chicago ones are crap in comparison. So I'm not even talking about your budgeted savings, I'm talking about the potential upside of having actual, significant equity available for engineers.
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Okay. Then I'd have to agree with you on that aspect, apart from a salary. Equity is another story and yes, startups in Chicago should do better in this aspect.