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Yes, at least if they joined in 2020 or later. I interviewed and got an offer around that time, post for-profit conversion, and the pitch was that the "shares" (actually, profit sharing rights) would be bought by investors every few years.

(FWIW, I ended up not taking the position, mainly because I would not have enjoyed the specific work they wanted to hire me for.)

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It must be a big offer

I was going to say, question for GP, do you regret not taking the offer? Do you know how much the shares would have been worth today if you had accepted the offer?

Do you regret not plowing all of your money into DOGE in 2020? In the scheme of the things you could do to make money with hindsight, accepting a job offer barely ranks.

The chances of making some money from stock in a Silicon Valley darling is not really comparable to having plowed money into a meme coin that was literally created as a joke.

You cannot take as many Silicon Valley stock bets (as an employee) as shitcoin bets. Therefore, making money from the latter is easier.

I actually agree with you. I think it's easier to make money on shitcoins than on on employer stock.

Not comparable at all... the latter knows and admits it's a joke/money-grab and is not trying to pretend it's actually doing something good for the world.

Absolutely I do. And I could have sold when my Aunt told me how the teachers had a Doge pool at work and the guy at the electrical counter was looking at his Doge and telling me about it. There are smart ways to invest in the silliest of endeavors.

Do you also regret not playing the winning lottery numbers, now that you know what they are (or can easily look them up)?

Every time my girlfriend buys lottery tickets I tell her to buy the winning ones, and every time she gets the numbers wrong. Every. Friggin. Time.

You should try telling her to pick the wrong numbers. She’ll either be successful or rich!

Write out a list with all the possible numbers, and her get one of each before buying more. That way you can have better odds. The real issue will be how long it takes to buy them all.

Absolutely, now that you mention it. In addition every day there are millions of option call/put plays which when I found out did well I will have absolute regrets.

I pity you as you are so full of regrets. Try to enjoy life without looking back so much

Now I regret having lived a life full of regrets.

Unless you were weighing DOGE vs FTC or something though and went with the latter, it's different? It's not just Oh if I knew then what I know now I could've made so much money; it's I almost made this decision, or could have, but explicitly decided against it.

I had a badly timed offer of something (I don't really remember might just have been an interview, or contracting work, on the back of some OSS contribution) at Cloudflare pre-IPO, and I do occasionally regret/wonder what-if, because it's not just a random hypothetical, it was an actual opportunity I made a decision against. (Doesn't help that it's still a company on my interested-in list, much like the trap in investing of liking a stock but wishing you'd bought it lower when you first thought of it, and so continuing to not buy as it climbs (or not even investing necessarily but just being a consumer in an inflationary environment).)

No. There are plenty of well paying jobs that actually match my skills. I probably would have made a bit more at OpenAI, but at the cost of not enjoying my work, and probably not excelling at it.

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