This content was created by Jason M. Lemkin. This content was uploaded by Jason M. Lemkin. This is a YouTube video titled "The Toxicity of High-Paying Jobs in Startups: Why Fresh Perspectives Are Needed" featuring Jason M. Lemkin discussing the challenges of high-paying roles in startups and the need for fresh perspectives, recorded on January 22, 2024.
I don't think people want to be paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to manage large teams and not work. And I don't. This is where I sound like a fuddy duddy, but this is what's broken in venture it's very hard to do much on a small amount of capital unless you're very careful who you hire because everyone needs six people to do a tweet. Harry and I wrote this post on Saster, the sales rep that's making $500,000 a year in 2023 and is miserable. Okay, I wrote it because he had to work half as hard to make more money in 2021 as a sales rep, not as a founder. Right? This is toxic and I know this is a funny daddy thing. I almost think we shouldn't hire any of these people. In startups today you have to have had some adversity or have worked before the boom or have or you just need to flush through this and have a fresh perspective.
