> I don't think being well comped Google, Facebook or Twitter (a friend of mine recv'd $640k in RSU's) is settling for mediocrity. I didn't mean the compensati

> I don't think being well comped Google, Facebook or Twitter (a friend of mine recv'd $640k in RSU's) is settling for mediocrity. I didn't mean the compensation is mediocre, but the work you're doing. I'm sure a lot of brilliant people choose to stick it out for "just 5 more years" over and over again to get more of that $1MM, rather than go off independently and realize their ideas, or join a modest company that works on fresh things.