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Re:Ask HN: Joining a Late Series Startup in SV. Please Help on Friday June 07, 2019 @08:26AM (#20123844)

At some point in the future, if it becomes clear that the company is on path for an ipo I could pay for it then.

I will hold off until then.

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

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

Re:Ask HN: Joining a Late Series Startup in SV. Please Help on Thursday June 06, 2019 @10:31PM (#20121162)

Thanks for the insight you are dead right about the managements view.

Re:Ask HN: Joining a Late Series Startup in SV. Please Help on Thursday June 06, 2019 @10:11PM (#20121076)

1. I should have been clear, I am not taking a pay cut in the base but the overall pay(base + rsus)

2. I am glad they were upfront and honest about it. The manager said 50:50 split.

4. Yeah I agree with this.

Re:Ask HN: Joining a Late Series Startup in SV. Please Help on Thursday June 06, 2019 @09:31PM (#20120866)

There's 1 year cliff for vesting but apparently one can excercise at the current strike price on day one and that's pretty common among other startups with folks who want to avoid the AMT

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

Posted by throwaway1zz on Thursday June 06, 2019 @08:43PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hey HN,I came across this thread - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19624164 and after reading the horror stories I am really in a fix whether this is a step in the right direction.I cant reveal more details but here are a few things.1. The startup is an interesting space and ARR of $XX millions.2. There are backed by very good SV VC`s who have a good track record of ensuring companies go...

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Re:GlaxoSmithKline makes $300M investment in 23andMe, forms 50-50 R&D ... on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @01:56PM (#17611293)

Primary concern is declining insurance coverage, unless 23 and me allows for a anonymous no name test?

Ask HN: What can set one up for success in a Tech lead role

Posted by throwaway1zz on Saturday July 21, 2018 @03:25PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Inspired from the thread - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14726130 where OP`s question was geared towards on how to prepare for a engineering manager position.In a similar vein, wanted to get a discussion started on things that make one stand out as a technical lead of a team:1. Things you wish you knew in the initial phases of your Tech lead career.2. What are somethings that can set one...

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Re:Ask HN: What have the s/w interviews evolved to :( on Thursday June 22, 2017 @09:54PM (#14616655)

I agree with some parts of your answer but I have always wondered do u really evaluate the capabilities solely on an ability to solve these mind bending problems, there are lot of folks who might not know how to get an exact solution for a crazy hard dp problem but are very good devs and vice versa is also true a good cs interview might not necessarily translate to a great dev in a real world scenario.

Ask HN: What have the s/w interviews evolved to :(

Posted by throwaway1zz on Thursday June 22, 2017 @06:55PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Throwaway a/c for obvious reasons. I am a software dev with a few years of exp. and preparing for s/w dev interviews at Facebook, Google, Airbnb et. al. At my current company I am decent performer and have been working/delivering on some critical projects but some how I find the preparation for these interviews overwhelming. I feel lost with the vast amounts of subject knowledge one needs to...

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