Joining a startup isn't a good way to share in a companies upside unless you're one of the first few employees. You only share in the upside of wildly successfu

Joining a startup isn't a good way to share in a companies upside unless you're one of the first few employees. You only share in the upside of wildly successful companies, and even then it's many years delayed from that success and has the potential to be whittled away by preferred rounds ahead of you, executive carve outs, etc.