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Re:Startup Stock Options – Why a Good Deal Has Gone Bad by goobynight on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @12:11PM (#19626091)
That's probably because you were talking to " CS-ish PhD students".

First of all, they're looking to validate the choice they made in lieu of becoming a millionaire. It helps them sleep at night to think Google or whatever isn't cool (maybe it isn't).

Second, they're interested and driven by different things.

Every single good/great practical software engineer I know from college is working at FAANG or a unicorn.

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Re:Startup Stock Options – Why a Good Deal Has Gone Bad by neilv on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @12:47PM (#19626481)
Good point: that sample was of people who chose to go to PhD programs rather than to (or stay in) a lucrative FAANG engineering position, so maybe not representative of people considering engineering tracks.
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