High salary 95 out of 100 times. I look back on a "startup salary" with equity and wonder what the hell I was thinking. They recently had a very small exit an

High salary 95 out of 100 times. I look back on a "startup salary" with equity and wonder what the hell I was thinking. They recently had a very small exit and after raising money and screwing over early employees on options...high salary would have still been ahead.