By “equity” do you mean statistically worthless equity in a private company? Most companies don’t give equity. But even if you are talking about equity in the

By “equity” do you mean statistically worthless equity in a private company? Most companies don’t give equity. But even if you are talking about equity in the form of RSUs in public companies. It’s just comp. I’ll take guaranteed cash comp any day. When I was getting RSUs, I had it set to immediately sell as soon as I was vested and diversified. Employment is not an “alliance” it is a transaction, they pay me money, I give them labor