> Is it really heartbreaking that some Silicon Valley developers, one of the highest paid professions in one of the highest paid areas of the world, only made a decent salary instead of a fantastic total compensation package?
They effectively worked two full-time jobs for a year and a half, and got paid for one. Average salary for a programmer at Zynga seems to be around $100k, which is less than I make working 37.5 hour weeks, not 100-hour ones.
So, yes. It's pretty heartbreaking to see them get fucked over after giving their entire life to Zynga for the better part of 2 years. I'm not sure why you think otherwise, frankly.
But they had the option to leave anytime they wanted, no?
I don't consider it heartbreaking when someone makes a conscious decision to stick around in a crappy situation in the hopes of striking it rich and it doesn't work out.
They effectively worked two full-time jobs for a year and a half, and got paid for one. Average salary for a programmer at Zynga seems to be around $100k, which is less than I make working 37.5 hour weeks, not 100-hour ones.
So, yes. It's pretty heartbreaking to see them get fucked over after giving their entire life to Zynga for the better part of 2 years. I'm not sure why you think otherwise, frankly.