From the sounds of it, he wasn't "a typical engineer with not enough stock." He lives in Los Altos Hills. The cheapest house for sale on Zillow right now is $5.

From the sounds of it, he wasn't "a typical engineer with not enough stock." He lives in Los Altos Hills. The cheapest house for sale on Zillow right now is $5.5 M [1]. This guy made out just fine [1] https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Los-Altos-Hills-CA/pmf,pf_pt/32578_rid/pricea_sort https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Los-Altos-Hills-CA/pmf...