Middle of the Year - where are YOU at ??

MopaR&D said

I'm a mechanical engineer, got my master's last year. If I was working at a "normal" company I'd be more than fine financially but working for this startup I get paid about half the median salary for someone with my education level in my line of work. I'm gonna hold fast for a couple more months and see if things pick up but if not I'm gonna start job hunting. I'm 31 and have been living like a college kid for years I'm so f***ing over it lol.

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I never worked for a startup, but they were around when I was in Silicon Valley (1980s). A company needs to compensate based on your education and experience. That can be salary alone or salary plus extras. In many cases a startup can only afford to give shares in the company. If you aren't getting your worth either way you need to be looking now. They are very unlikely to be generous later...Sounds like they really don't have enough startup capital...