Top growth marketers are moving to AI companies for above-market salaries plus equity that could be worth millions if they go public. The speaker says if he were starting over in his mid-20s, he'd skip entrepreneurship and take a senior marketing role at an AI firm instead.
I know a lot of great growth marketers, but almost all of them work for the AI companies. And I've asked a few of them if they're interested in jumping ship and they're like, dude, they're like, my comp is so high. Your comp is so good. Yeah. And then I'm like, oh, is it because shares? And they're like, yes, it's shares. I'm like, oh, okay. It's both. They're like, yeah, they're paying extremely competitive salaries, if not more than market rate. And I'm getting shares. So they're like, it's hard to find a job that pays as much cash plus the shares. could be worth a crapload of money when this company goes public. Yeah. I would say if I were starting from scratch today in our mid-20s, I'd probably just go work for one of them, so. Dude, me too. If I was starting from scratch again, I would not be an entrepreneur. I would just go work for a company and make it grow. In this very moment, 'cause AI's so hot right now and they've raised so much money and I know like it's, yeah, it's a good deal, so. No, but even, yeah, in this moment, but even at my age, if I was starting from scratch again, assuming I had my knowledge and pedigree, I would just go be a CMO at a corporation.
