I haven't read your post, but I'll guess what it says: Early employees take a pay-cut, work hard, and get so little equity that even if there's a big (not garg

I haven't read your post, but I'll guess what it says: Early employees take a pay-cut, work hard, and get so little equity that even if there's a big (not gargantuan) payout it won't make up for the pay they've lost. The only real advantage is that they are an early employee, and have a reasonable chance of getting promoted in the growing company. edit: read your post. I was right. It's what basically everyone says about early employees.