2 things: (1) this may change soon but for the past 2 years I've seen a decent % of startups pay around the Google scale ($130-$160), with raises not too far from the scale set-out in the article. However, the big difference of course is that many of these startups will never make it to year 5... (2) this should be qualified as "...for Engineers" (maybe implied by the venue ha). The math is pretty different when you talk about (a) finance/consultant types deciding between big institutions and startups [pay is MUCH worse unless you win big, but hours and work satisfactions are higher..or supposed to be] and (b) sales/ops types [pay is comparable, hours are worse, but potential impact is higher..or supposed to be].