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First, let me say that, in just a bit, I am going to criticize. I hope it's constructive. I also hope it's helpful, because I am in the same boat with my own screenshots. And I did…

I think that's why it's best to know the percentage of the company you are being offered. Share count is meaningless without knowing total number of shares. Once you know the perce…

I'm going to have to watch that movie. I've actually seen that happen and could never figure out why.

I am also in the 'worked for a number of startups, been paid out non-life changing amounts more than once, and have never tried being a founder' category. What I meant to say is th…

Perhaps. I was younger then and didn't feel comfortable negotiating. I'm better at it now. He even had to explain to me how options worked. But I learned a lot from working with hi…

My original point was that ignoring equity when evaluating a job offer isn't the best approach. Most job offers don't include two options to choose from. Since I did have that choi…

Telling you total outstanding number of shares is required before you can have any idea what level of equity you are receiving. If they can't tell you that, then you have one probl…

'Seriously, the difference between "last founder" and "first employee" is so huge that people who can derive their day to day motivation from equity should be founders.' I think th…

I don't think it negates my point. It's just that I don't follow my own advice perfectly. :) It's also a little similar to how founders essentially work for free in exchange for lo…

I think about startup employee equity like this: Salary = compensation for doing the job Equity = compensation for taking the risk of working at a company with a high chance of fai…

Yes. Especially when someone else mistyped their email address, you did not ask for confirmation, and now I get endless emails without the ability to sign out. So I just mark every…

In my case, I had 30-100 clients taking turns trying to transfer a those files across the network. The difference in total time to complete was often measured in hours.

No, though I do think a synchronous API is easier to work with. It isn't synchronicity that is slower. There are lots of socket-level options and buffer allocation options that nee…

I really liked this article. More generally, I think deliberately choosing to do the "hard" things first (whatever that means to you as an individual) has served me well in life. I…