On the contrary, I think HN would respond pretty well to stories of IPOs that went well, and employees who succeeded. They would likely have a lot of good advi

On the contrary, I think HN would respond pretty well to stories of IPOs that went well, and employees who succeeded. They would likely have a lot of good advice. Personally, I can think of three people I've met who did well at startups. One was at Google, one was at Amazon, and the third was at a company I don't remember. But I can think of an awful lot of stories of public and pre-IPO companies screwing over their employees, including myself being shafted at least three times by employers.