If you don't want the job, I'll take it
90% of startups fail
Existing companies also fail. You take similar risks when you join one of those as well.
Somewhere between 170 and 225 is my guess. Still a lot of money but after taxes it's nowhere near retirement after 4 years. The stock could be worth something or nothing.. unless they are public or liquid I would discount that amount by 90%.
You call this a lottery ticket? My open-source work is the reason they were considering me in the first place!
Instead of getting opportunities, let them establish a monopoly over my time? No, thanks
> after taxes it's nowhere near retirement after 4 years
Correct, if you take the taxes into account there's more grind for what's worth
Those stock options are effectively $0, but based on the company's crazy valuation, sure they might be calculated as that much