I was an engineering director at a company that went public. It was a moderate IPO, nothing special either way. Maybe because of that not much changed afterwar

I was an engineering director at a company that went public. It was a moderate IPO, nothing special either way. Maybe because of that not much changed afterwards. There were a bit more compliance issues to deal with. We got a bit more money to spend. Recruiting became both a bit easier (known value of offer) and a bit harder (can’t sell the IPO dream anymore). After IPO my total comp became about where it would be if I joined a large public company to begin with, so nothing especially good or bad there either. So I guess for me all in all not much changed, just something became more explicit and known.