To be honest, I don’t think most people that have been working for startups for more than fives years even think much about their stock options unless they are like engineer no 1 or 2. And honestly that is often a minimum 10 year commitment so maybe not even then.
There is always the chance you’ll get super lucky, but investors and founders have become experts at extracting the maximum possible portion of the value created. To the point where there isn’t a whole lot left for anyone else. Workers included.
There is always the chance you’ll get super lucky, but investors and founders have become experts at extracting the maximum possible portion of the value created. To the point where there isn’t a whole lot left for anyone else. Workers included.