Ask HN: Joining a Late Series Startup in SV. Please Help

Re:Ask HN: Joining a Late Series Startup in SV. Please Help by NonEUCitizen on Thursday June 06, 2019 @09:49PM (#20120965)

Don't take a pay cut.

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Re:Ask HN: Joining a Late Series Startup in SV. Please Help by seattle_spring on Friday June 07, 2019 @12:12AM (#20121610)

Big companies are offering $400k+ for E5 (mid-senior) engineers. No startup in the world will be able to match that in liquid compensation.

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Re:Ask HN: Joining a Late Series Startup in SV. Please Help by lostdog on Friday June 07, 2019 @01:48AM (#20121956)

Then they should raise enough money to afford their employees. (Or make their equity meaningful, with longer exercise windows or by loaning the money for early exercise).

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Re:Ask HN: Joining a Late Series Startup in SV. Please Help by throwaway1zz on Friday June 07, 2019 @08:24AM (#20123832)

They have raised a significant amount but have been stingy in the stock options grant.

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