I try to get 6 figures, but its hard to find startups that can afford to pay that much for long. What you make totally depends on where you live/work. When it

I try to get 6 figures, but its hard to find startups that can afford to pay that much for long. What you make totally depends on where you live/work. When it comes to stock, I view it as a useless bonus, many times I was promised stock and it was never issued, and most of the time it would be worthless anyway.