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Thanks for the response, You seem to have summed up our take on it. Does Matasano offer stock options or profit sharing or run across similar issues? It seems

Thanks for the response, You seem to have summed up our take on it. Does Matasano offer stock options or profit sharing or run across similar issues? It seems to be the opinion of my partners that saying how many shares are outstanding is just about the limit of what we can say without an NDA.

tptacek 17y ago
In 2003, I almost left Arbor Networks for a dev job at Bloomberg. I had a (very significant) salary bump on the table. Arbor kept me with a small raise, but put some effort into a breakdown of how much my equity would be worth under some acquisition scenarios. I'd have been better off taking the Bloomberg gig in retrospect, but I liked the negotiating approach; it allows you to put your spin on the equity numbers (which I think is fair, because people are dumb about equity), while still being forthright. Everyone in your company should know what "the number" is. This is just an extension of knowing the number; "if we make our numbers, and then 2 years from now get bought, how much am I likely to make?"