You're either a cofounder or an employee, and this deal gives you the worst of both those roles (i.e. all the risk, none of the upside). If you really want to w

You're either a cofounder or an employee, and this deal gives you the worst of both those roles (i.e. all the risk, none of the upside). If you really want to work at a startup with an interesting problem then I suggest humbly that you take a couple of months and see if you come up with any ideas on your own.