throw2192015

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   by throw2192015 11y ago

   12 engineers report to me.
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   by throw2192015 11y ago

   Early engineer at a San Francisco unicorn 16 years of experience overall; 5 years with this firm Male, H-1B from India Title - Started out as Principal Engineer, now Sr. Engineering Manager Current comp: 220K base, 150K/yr of (illiquid
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   by throw2192015 11y ago

   > This is both to maintain control and to avoid having more than 500 shareholders, which triggers all kinds of additional regulations. I _think_ the JOBS Act of 2012 increased this to 2000 instead of 500.
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   by throw2192015 11y ago

   > How did things work out from a tax perspective if you don't mind my asking? The proceeds I got from the sale were treated as long-term capital gains. I got a 1099-B from SharesPost. > Also, what sort of communication did you ha
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   by throw2192015 11y ago

   I used some of my savings and a cash bonus I got at work to exercise some of my options. I held on to that stock for a year. The next year I sold a portion of that stock in the transaction described above. I used the proceeds from the sale
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   by throw2192015 11y ago

   I have participated as a seller. I offered some of my exercised options for sale on SharesPost [1]. The SharesPost representative contacted me; she said that she had a potential buyer interested, but the bid was slightly lower than my initi