HN threads focus on equity/salary tradeoffs, particularly for people joining a startup. This situation - where nobody was getting a salary 'cut' or negotiating

HN threads focus on equity/salary tradeoffs, particularly for people joining a startup. This situation - where nobody was getting a salary 'cut' or negotiating a split, but where a startup was issuing equity to existing employees, is not what HN discusses, and her decision was not the same. Heck, her decision wasn't really a decision because a crummy company made it for her.