> If you're not on the conference calls and meetings that involve money, you're a sucker. The article's point is that if you want to make enough money to retir

> If you're not on the conference calls and meetings that involve money, you're a sucker. The article's point is that if you want to make enough money to retire, you're not going to do that with << 1% equity vesting over four years. That does not mean you're a "sucker"; you just need to be taking a job like that for the right reasons. > learn as part of the job where you're paid what you're actually worth For many of the jobs in question, we're talking about significantly more than $100,000 annual salary, plus stock options and benefits. For most people, that's not exactly being screwed.