The equity seems way off here. You would be giving up 45k/year and for arguments sake lets say the equity vests in 2 years. That's 90k for .6% of a company.

The equity seems way off here. You would be giving up 45k/year and for arguments sake lets say the equity vests in 2 years. That's 90k for .6% of a company. Which puts the companies valuation around $15,000,000. Seems high for company about to bring on their first technical hire(I'm assuming). And remember there are several downsides to equity like - It's highly variable. - It's a lot easier to screw you out of equity than cash. - It's a lot less liquid, you might not get any money for years.