You don't even need to have options. Apple has an Employee Stock Purchase Program, where you can automatically invest some percentage of your salary (I forget

You don't even need to have options. Apple has an Employee Stock Purchase Program, where you can automatically invest some percentage of your salary (I forget what) into Apple stock, which gets purchased on your behalf every few months at a discounted price. It's a pretty nice program and it means anyone who takes advantage of it (which really should be every employee who isn't living paycheck-to-paycheck) will benefit from an increase in the stock price.