And then some (though not all) of our best, most creative, most insightful technologists, who had built some of the most impactful products in our history, would realize that they were unlikely to win a Founders’ Award for the same work twice, and would immediately try to transfer to new product areas.
haha. Big payout makes people look for another area to work on because they don't think the same area will be recognized twice. Not an intended consequence.