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We can't take more ownership of our work because we do not in fact own it, and the business will never let you actually own it. All I've gotten from trying har

• bob1029 4y ago
  > and the business will never let you actually own it. This is not true in many startup environments. You'd have a hell of a time getting me to work on a new project without some sort of equity arrangement.
  • dinosaurdynasty 4y ago
    Does the equity come with voting rights? Can you fire the C-suite? Can you legally leave and fork the project? Without stuff like this it's hard not to see equity as simply a different way of getting paid.
    • bob1029 4y ago
      > Does the equity come with voting rights? It does in my case. I started out as a junior developer. I am now in the C-suite. Equity is also not a replacement for salary, which we clearly just take for granted these days. Taking an adversarial stance in business is the fastest way to wind up nowhere. Being able to "fire the c-suite" is not a good thing. If you have to do that, you likely don't have a viable business in the first place.