> Paying money to exercise vested options upon leaving a company is very standard. True; also very standard is cashless exercise, where you "pay" for your opti

> Paying money to exercise vested options upon leaving a company is very standard. True; also very standard is cashless exercise, where you "pay" for your options using some of the optioned stock itself (really, taking fewer shares in a type of margin purchase). [1] [1] See, e.g., http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/cashlessexercise.asp http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/cashlessexercise.asp