“Working for a startup means accepting poverty wages for lottery ticket equity that's almost certainly worthless”
Agree
- Most startups fail within five years
- Equity value is purely speculative
- Below market salary for years
- Founders get rich employees get burned
- Vesting cliffs trap you in bad situations
Disagree
- Upside potential worth the risk
- Learning and growth opportunities exceed corporate
- Some equity becomes genuinely valuable
- Mission driven work more fulfilling
- Early employees shape company culture
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