Startups are great when you're looking for a fast-paced high-trust environment where you're going to be given a lot of responsibility and will be able to grow y

Startups are great when you're looking for a fast-paced high-trust environment where you're going to be given a lot of responsibility and will be able to grow your skillset. From a financial perspective, they're terrible unless you're an early employee or possibly a very senior/exec hire. Rarely companies might offer things like longer exercise windows but even then your options can become worthless even in an unlikely successful exit due to dilution/liquidation-prefs.