From a quantitative perspective also, I think Donald is certainly competitive enough to be hired as a software engineer. For a senior position say he can make 200K a year at that job.
Whaa? Where does that number come from? Without moving into management type roles, or perhaps one some super-rare technologies for which there's only a handful of experts in that field, it's more like $125K tops. The other exception might be working as a consultant for hourly rates, in which case you might get close to 200K (though with no benefits or anything).
200k/year is low, not high. I'd say total compensation for a software engineer their first year out of undergrad at Google or FB in the bay area would be around $160k/year.
I personally think it's fine for DVX to provide nothing more than a "sorry, I overpromised, but I honestly believed those things at the time." And that Stef/SCSN give away any kind of grand-fathered subscription is extremely generous. AFAICT, they don't get anything for that.
All the while, I am still pretty sympathic to chris martin.