Re:TLDR Stock Options
by Spooky23 on Monday March 04, 2019 @02:20PM
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If we were talking about horse racing, I’d agree with you, as you can evaluate the odds of an outcome.
The reality is that in business as an employee you’re ability to project the odds is limited at best. You simply don’t have the information to make that calculation.
Obviously there’s a spectrum of risk, which is why most people don’t work for minimum wage plus options. But it’s pretty clear that in a world that hasn’t seen a tech recession in a long time, employees without the perspective of living through 2000 may not appreciate what can happen, and will happen again.
The reality is that in business as an employee you’re ability to project the odds is limited at best. You simply don’t have the information to make that calculation.
Obviously there’s a spectrum of risk, which is why most people don’t work for minimum wage plus options. But it’s pretty clear that in a world that hasn’t seen a tech recession in a long time, employees without the perspective of living through 2000 may not appreciate what can happen, and will happen again.