I think I share the thoughts of a good amount of the readership of this board by saying I wish I had your problem set. What we don't know is how much of the bu

I think I share the thoughts of a good amount of the readership of this board by saying I wish I had your problem set. What we don't know is how much of the business value was from the CEO's superherolike skills to sell the product and raise money from fickle investors on favorable terms, and how much was from your superherolike skills to write the product. It may well be that you negotiated a better deal than the CEO for the value you contributed from a market perspective (probably not the case but we don't know from here). We also don't know if the value of your equity would crater if you took your BATNA and walked away from the company (causing the company to lose customers from crashed coderotted servers, etc.). Based on this limited information, I'd leave the equity situation alone, ask for a bump in salary to where you're able to continue working without feeling foolish, and then invest part of your million dollar cashout in your favorite HN reader's startup.