> You didn't say you were giving away a lottery ticket for open source

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