Employee # 3 at a startup, my first full time jr dev job. Eventually talked my way into .33% equity. $6M exit, our shares were bought with the acquiring compan

Employee # 3 at a startup, my first full time jr dev job. Eventually talked my way into .33% equity. $6M exit, our shares were bought with the acquiring company's publicly traded shares. Those shares had a 6 month cliff before we could sell them. ~$9 a share at the time of acquisition, ~$4 a share at the end of the 6 months. Sold about 1 year after acquisition for ~$10/share, now at ~$17 a share and climbing. Made $11k pretax in the end. (+$4k cash gift from founder that got a bigger payout, due to the board not approving more equity for employees pre-acquisition)