The whole concept of options as something to supplement salary is bullshit. It essentially means that as an employee, you're hedging the risk and taking a lowe

The whole concept of options as something to supplement salary is bullshit. It essentially means that as an employee, you're hedging the risk and taking a lower salary for it. In addition to you taking the risk of that option, even in the most optimistic outcomes for the company, your shares could have been watered down in various ways. You could work for a startup for a year and get fired early on and receive no options. The whole thing is a employees getting ripped off. We keep telling ourselves there's a rose garden after we get X. I recommend the book "How to stop worrying and start living" by Dale Carnegie.