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Re:Ask HN: Best questions for an engineer to ask a CEO durin... by maximilianroos on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @06:53PM (#19507045)
Lottery tickets are worth more than $0
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Re:Ask HN: Best questions for an engineer to ask a CEO durin... by emilecantin on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @06:57PM (#19507082)
Yes, but not much more. E.g: I can go right now get a ticket for a $50M prize for 5$.

How much do you pay for equity (in the form of reduced salary), and what's the expected upside?

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Re:Ask HN: Best questions for an engineer to ask a CEO durin... by learnstats2 on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @07:56PM (#19507583)
And I would value that lottery ticket at about $1 today - with the understanding that: a) the face value is over-stated by around 100%, and b) I have no hope of riding out the variance, so the gamble is a poor one for me.
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Re:Ask HN: Best questions for an engineer to ask a CEO durin... by patrickthebold on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @09:04PM (#19508089)
Some are. Most aren't.
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