I think you should only work for an early stage startup in >= one of two cases a) you love the company and the mission b) you are a founder or a very early emp

I think you should only work for an early stage startup in >= one of two cases a) you love the company and the mission b) you are a founder or a very early employee I am not sure the expected value is there from a pure financial point of view for late employees, compared to working for an established company