Is the company publicly traded? YES: Google can tell you; NO: $0. If you get equity from a startup, your expected value is nil, or near enough to be without d

Is the company publicly traded? YES: Google can tell you; NO: $0. If you get equity from a startup, your expected value is nil, or near enough to be without distinction. Either the equity is utterly dilute, or the founders are incompetent. Neither case looks like getting paid to me.