Goodfellas: Fuck You, Pay Me

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scarface_74 · 2025-04 · Joke / meme

In the later part of my career, I’ve had all sorts of “opportunities” to be a “technical cofounder” or a “CTO” (which was barely a glorified overworked tech lead). My motto is “FYPM”: [VIDEO] Cash not illiquid equity at my market rate: “You’re getting in on the ground floor of something huge.” “We can’t offer big salaries yet, but the upside potential is enormous.” “You’ll have massive impact here — way more than at a big company.” “We’re looking for people who are mission-driven, not just here for the money.” “Everyone is making sacrifices right now.” “Once we close the next funding round, we’ll revisit compensation.” “The real reward is in the equity, not the salary.”

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scarface_74 · 2025-01 · Joke / meme

The other team is outside of my circle of influence and control. But at the end of the day, did money get put in my account? Course language: [VIDEO]

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xyst · 2024-02 · Joke / meme

I'll never understand why people would work for free like this. I learned very early on (like during my minimum wage job years - 16-21). I am not working more or less and I only work when clocked in (or in the case of most corp jobs, 9-5). If I don't get paid a sizable diff for "non-regular working hours", your call/email/text is going to be ignored until next business day. Idc if it's G or some low rent dogshit company. "fuck you, pay me" [1] Only time I would put in those marathons is for myself (from idea to hacking together an mvp over the weekend), or maybe I am learning something new. [1] [VIDEO]

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