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> Are there really that many success stories for people other than for VCs and (maybe) founders out there anymore?

I was the employee around #300 at Atlassian, the founders didn’t dilute the employees, and my options netted $3m (minus the taxes) after working there for 3 years and waiting 6 years.

Scott Farquhar and Mike Cannon-Brookes were hell-bent on being honest, fair and giving back. There are good people out there.

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Atlassian IPO'd in 2015... so you would have worked there 2006-2009. Congrats on the success, but that was more than a decade and a half ago... I'm not sure it counts as a recent example.

As we are now down-under I will mention: Wisetech Global. I was too late to make anything meaningful over 3 years there, but it was transparent and very generous, and they made it as tax efficient as legally possible in Australia. If you joined in say 2009, grabbed some shares for 3 years you would probably be in the high 100ks at IPO, and millions if you held until now (but you could have also made those millions as a retail investor using your super or something too!). I sold too early :-(

Also $currrent_company which I wont reveal. Run as well as Wisetech in terms of growth focus. Got some options. Learnt lesson. HODLing these fuckers to zero or "very interesting" levels lol!

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