I've never had a startup offer to pay close to what FAANG gives in terms of compensation. And no the equity worth as much as pre-COVID toilet paper doesn't coun

I've never had a startup offer to pay close to what FAANG gives in terms of compensation. And no the equity worth as much as pre-COVID toilet paper doesn't count. edit: And I've never seen a startup offer enough equity to offset the average risk of that equity being worth nothing (and things like not being able to invest the money). It's fine to take a gamble, the payout can be nice, but in terms of average expected money after X years startups are light years away from FAANG in my experience.