Re:How to Not Get Screwed over as a Software Engineer
by DoughnutHole on Thursday November 02, 2023 @07:57PM
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> both are likely to appreciate
More than half of all startups fail within the first 10 years. They’re not just less liquid, they never experience a liquidity event at all. That equity is effectively $0.
The odds of any given big company going bust are dramatically lower than that. Their equity might depreciate but it’ll at least be worth something.
More than half of all startups fail within the first 10 years. They’re not just less liquid, they never experience a liquidity event at all. That equity is effectively $0.
The odds of any given big company going bust are dramatically lower than that. Their equity might depreciate but it’ll at least be worth something.