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		nikcub on Nov 6, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Programmers' salaries at Google $250k (and up) It is funny that options are now so associated with a company exiting that we totally forget that their original purpose was as an efficient mechanism for profit sharing

tptacek on Nov 6, 2011 [–]

I was thinking exactly the same thing, about the parallels between speculative bets on appreciation and dividends.

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