> (If you are good, remote work with high TC is definitely available.)

But how good do you have to be at things other than the work itself (edit: and how lucky as well) to land one of those jobs with higher compensation? For someone outside of high-cost-of-living tech hubs, Oxide's fixed salary could be life-changing all by itself, even with minimal equity. The fact that they take that deal doesn't necessarily mean that they're mediocre.

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Aurornis 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

> For someone outside of high-cost-of-living tech hubs, Oxide's fixed salary could be life-changing all by itself,

I’ve spent a lot of time looking at compensation tables and reference data. $200K is definitely good salary, but I wouldn’t call it “life changing” relative to what someone qualified to work at Oxide could earn in an average non-tech hub metro area.

The type of candidate who qualifies to work at Oxide has numerous options for high paying remote work, and probably well paying local work too.

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kortilla 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Assuming they are exclusively hiring US, in a low CoL area $200k sets you up for a solid middle to upper middle class lifestyle. That’s a Walmart store manager.

You’re not gonna retire early, take years off at a time, or anything else like that which the big tech companies RSU grants can get you.

	▲	steveklabnik a day ago \| parent [-]
		> Assuming they are exclusively hiring US, We are not, as long as you are willing to have work overlap with PST. We have several European employees, for example.