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Then this is the time that the OP needs to join a startup as founder or early employee and get meaningful equity in exchange.

• mike_d 5y ago
  You mean in 5 years when they have saved up a nest egg using that stupid big company money and stock options that are actually worth something. When you win the lotto you don't toss away the ticket so you can play again. Even if OP didn't cash out founder style - they still get essentially a multi-year paid vacation.
  • garmaine 5y ago
    I really doubt he saw a large compensation increase with the acquisition.
    • ornornor 5y ago
      When $snallstartup I was an employee at got acquired by $hugemultinational, all we got was a big fat juicy 1000$ „bonus“, an attaboy, and those who had been grossly underpaid for years were brought up to market pay. And that’s it.
      • garmaine 5y ago
        And "market pay" being HR's idea of the going rate, not what a good engineer with niche knowledge and startup experience could command at a big tech company.