Yeah this was in SF, and early days were early-mid 2010s. To be honest I don't know why anybody would join a startup at today's inflated valuations. Though the

Yeah this was in SF, and early days were early-mid 2010s. To be honest I don't know why anybody would join a startup at today's inflated valuations. Though they seem to be coming down now. You work much harder just to have a chance to make a FAANG equivalent pay it you get really lucky. I'd only join one again if ownership % was very high and protected from dilution. I owned a fair amount of my company, joined at low valuation and still came away just roughly equivalent to mid level FAANG comp. Though I was young/dumb and could have negotiated much higher equity, in retrospect. To be fair I came in with an untraditional background, and the journey/experience certainly was fulfilling in it's own right