Okay, I'm sorry for the clickbaity title — it isn't quite accurate — but I really wanted your attention. You see, in May 2023, law 21/2023 went into effect. It establishes a legal definition for a "startup" and a "scalueup" in the country of Portugal. These definitions are fairly straightforward and| David Gomes
This article was originally written in April 2021. In July 2024, I published an updated version with more data and new observations: The Trimodal Nature of Tech Compensation Revisited. Update: dozens of hiring managers confirmed this trimodal model applies to all global markets: from the US, through Asia to Latin| The Pragmatic Engineer