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Re:Downsides to working at a tech giant by alexandercrohde on Monday December 23, 2019 @08:48PM (#21869193)
I think the problem is that startups don't offer enough equity. Google offers a couple hundred thousand PLUS options worth > 100k present value.

If a startup wants to pay you enough to compensate, the options need to be worth > 100k present value (even if this means 1% of the company). Otherwise you'd be better off working for google and buying equity in the startup rather than breaking your back working there.

Re:Downsides to working at a tech giant by skrebbel on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @02:47AM (#21870569)
> and buying equity in the startup

Yeah, just go to Walmart and find the startup equity behind the underwear to your left.