Yeah, because I look at my own comments page, and wouldn't have noticed you posted a reply unless I came back to the OP. Regarding OP - Did you give notice at

Yeah, because I look at my own comments page, and wouldn't have noticed you posted a reply unless I came back to the OP. Regarding OP - Did you give notice at your last job? If so, and this falls through, you learned a valuable lesson. 1. Don't give notice at your last job until your offer is confirmed and all the details are sorted out. For example, they might have an overly broad non-compete you want to negotiate (matters in NYC), and you won't know til you get the contract. I saw one non-compete clause that said "You can't work any financial software job in NYC.", which I refused as overly broad. 2. If you're concerned about the offer being revoked, ask for a signing bonus or for them to guarantee the first 1-3 months' salary, so you don't get screwed when they flake on you. 3. I've had several job offers that included options in the verbal offer, but they never came though with a formal option grant letter. You need to get that sorted out if it matters to you. Fortunately, those startups failed, so it didn't matter that I got no options. I had one offer revoked because their financing round fell though, and they had to do layoffs instead of hiring.