Re:Ask HN: How do I gauge the value of stock options that I ...
by ttymck on Sunday November 21, 2021 @11:40PM
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Your current employer is giving you an effective 8 year vesting schedule, no one would JOIN a company on those terms. Alternatively, you can look at it like they don't value your first 4 years of contributions at all towards to the value of the company.
Echoing the $0 valuation comment, which you should heed: $60k guaranteed per year is astronomically difficult to match with illiquid equity. You need only search for "equity" here on HN to read the multitude of warnings against overvaluing (read: valuing at all) your equity.
Echoing the $0 valuation comment, which you should heed: $60k guaranteed per year is astronomically difficult to match with illiquid equity. You need only search for "equity" here on HN to read the multitude of warnings against overvaluing (read: valuing at all) your equity.