> You've got some decent stock, say, like, 200,000 options. You vest over four years and your strike is $1/share (which is WAY too high for an early employee, but you feel "good" about this one.) You're making 50k under market value.

>That means in four years, your stock is going to have to NET (taxes are a healthy 20%, plus you've got fees, so it's gotta be pretty high...) you a $1 a share in order to be worth it, assuming you never recieve a raise or a bonus at your new job, and you don't count your 401(k) match, health benefits, less-stressful working conditions and shorter hours.

Pretty horrid that the post makes judgements ("decent stock", "WAY too high"), about options based on the quantity and price per share without considering what portion of the company the shares represent (and the initial valuation of the company.)