Outside of Silicon Valley (I'm only interested in UK/Europe) I've seen several opportunities. I did work for a startup for around 3months which was a terrible f

Outside of Silicon Valley (I'm only interested in UK/Europe) I've seen several opportunities. I did work for a startup for around 3months which was a terrible fit for me ~15 people and not offering equity at that time but low paying market rate salary. I was never going to have the passion for the business the founders have and that seemed to be unacceptable to them and they were constantly firing people. I also had the opportunity to come in as a dba at a db as a service startup locally. There were only 2-3 people there and that may have been a good fit for me but I didn't want to make the jump at that point. They probably would have offered equity. Around that time I would attend various db/web/mobile meetup events locally and I imagine that would be a good way to get in.