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It all depends. It’s certainly hard to compete with a $500k/yr sure thing, but personally I’d rather have a $150k/yr salary with a chance to retire if the compa
by austenallred 9y ago
It all depends. It’s certainly hard to compete with a $500k/yr sure thing, but personally I’d rather have a $150k/yr salary with a chance to retire if the company does well than a sure $200k/yr. It just all depends.
Risk-adjusted, the best way to get returns is probably to take an equity-heavy stake at a post-series-B startup with obvious growth and product market fit.
- optimuspaul 9y agoI used to feel that way too until I tried it multiple times. All of the startups I've been involved with have been buried or purchased with deals that made my options worthless or effectively worthless (i.e. needing to come up with enough capital to execute the options for such a meager gains that it was hardly worth the effort).
- austenallred 9y agoOn the other hand I know hundreds of people that this kind of equity made millionaires.