> Mitchell Baker, Mozilla's top executive, was paid $2.4m in 2018, a sum I personally think of as instant inter-generational wealth
It’s certainly not if you are in SV. And that number doesn’t even seem high to me, given her impressive background and the opportunity cost. That’s Facebook E7 money. Or Google L8 money. She would easily be hired above those levels at those companies.
On the other hand:
> But then, things are different at the Guardian. Their chief exec makes a mere £360,000 a year.
That’s quite high, for UK standards and for journalism standards.
So let her go to Google and hire Eich back for $400K, problem solved.
Her experience was in legal and operations, not product vision and development. She's a Tim Cook or a Sundar Pichai when what's needed is a Steve Jobs or Sergey Brin.
> Mitchell Baker, Mozilla's top executive, was paid $2.4m in 2018, a sum I personally think of as instant inter-generational wealth
It’s certainly not if you are in SV. And that number doesn’t even seem high to me, given her impressive background and the opportunity cost. That’s Facebook E7 money. Or Google L8 money. She would easily be hired above those levels at those companies.
On the other hand:
> But then, things are different at the Guardian. Their chief exec makes a mere £360,000 a year.
That’s quite high, for UK standards and for journalism standards.