Both of these are good points. 90 day exercise windows are both unnecessary and terrible for employees and we should move to eliminate them as quickly as possib

Both of these are good points. 90 day exercise windows are both unnecessary and terrible for employees and we should move to eliminate them as quickly as possible. I think the trend is slowly in that direction, but it really should just be a deal breaker for engineers. The limited information is also a good point. Some level of saviness and understanding of your company and market can help with some parts of this but certainly not all. If anything this may be a good argument for working at late stage private or smaller more volatile public companies. Then if you get lucky and get, say, Square from two years ago, whose stock has gone up 7x, you capture this upside (and if they do poorly, roll the dice again after a year, perhaps). This is quite mercenary and might not be the route that makes one happiest, though.