My base salary was fine but the magic was in the stock. I got a payout on acquisition by a FAANG+ (as first employee). It was only 300K but I put 50K of that i

My base salary was fine but the magic was in the stock. I got a payout on acquisition by a FAANG+ (as first employee). It was only 300K but I put 50K of that into Nvidia. Actually I invested all my payout from my startup stock into tech stocks. And I got a terrific golden handcuffs deal. After that I could afford to retire and I did.