Is it Time for You to Earn or to Learn?
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Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderExcellent article, shame it's not getting more upvotes.
The problem is the way company structures are currently set up, where founders get the majority of ownership, and employees just get the pool. What does this mean? To me it means that the way a company structures itself needs to change. More ownership needs to be given to employees, and founders need to get less. That how I want to start my next company. Double the options pool, and lower the founder equity. Just because your employee #1 and…
People are getting better at doing these equity calculations, and at the same time starting a company has never been easier so early stage companies need to offer more ownership to woo employees who have the "other offer" of their own startup idea... The net result is that equity shares for the first 10 people in the company seem to be rising.. That's good! And it could also mean that being number 3-10 at a company could be a chance…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 270
- Total comments
- 38
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-11-05 | Is it Time for You to Earn or to Learn?First breakout · Best thread | alexjmann | 131 | 6 |
| 2012-10-01 | Is it Time for You to Earn or to Learn? | moonsoonmenu | 8 | 1 |
| 2013-03-19 | Is it Time for You to Earn or to Learn?Latest 20+ point return | sgman | 118 | 31 |
| 2014-09-06 | Is It Time for You to Earn or to Learn? (2009) | applecore | 1 | 0 |
| 2015-07-21 | Is It Time for You to Earn or to Learn? (2009) | charlieirish | 1 | 0 |
| 2015-07-24 | Is it time for you to earn or learn? | kornish | 5 | 0 |
| 2022-03-07 | Is It Time for You to Earn or to Learn? | graderjs | 6 | 0 |