Software engineers at FAANG companies easily make that amount. And that's the caliber of engineer that is typically making this type of exit.
You're commenting as if your circumstances are the same as a tech bro founder's, which seems to be incorrect.
This is expected. Only one affects the gamers in the immediate short term. I'd be shocked if this wasn't the case
Yes, you're talking about a personal "payout" thats probably only 2-3 years of a salary? That's not much of a "payout" that's just a nicer severance package. If you built a company that wasn't about to go under, it's not worth handing it to some asshole for practically nothing
7 figures??? That's not selling out, that's just trying to get anything for a sinking ship if you sell for a million. Thats barely covering salary+expenses for 2-5 engineers depending on level and location.
The terminology has existed long before this article and is much more widespread.
This administration has repeatedly shown not to care about the status or criminal history of any non-US-born person. Also, they have revoked the status of legal migrants to be able to call them "illegal migrants" directly after, despite them doing everything correctly and being in America legally until the rug was pulled out from under them.
And aside from all of that, why are we okay with the government even thinking of doing this to anybody??? That should be a major red flag even as something they are considering. But based on their previous actions, it's definitely something they want to do, which is even worse
EDIT: Just realized your username is "freedom advocate". You of all people should be against this.