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Basically what would be a 65 at bigco2 (MSFT) Note that options have turned out to be pretty mediocre on average for me. $400k over 9 years at MSFT was a significant chunk of compe…

more data 1990 - 7.50/hr software testing @ bigco1 1992 - $24/hr software testing @ bigco1 1994 - $40/hr developer @ bigco1 1996 - $54k developer @ bigco1 1997 - $58k developer @ b…

Yeah, that seems good, but I'm suggesting the plan for "some other form of liquidity" be a little more explicitly stated. I know this isn't what plays well with the HN crowd, but t…

I would ask the OP to consider going even further and figuring out a way to facilitate some liquidity so the employees could sell enough to cover their taxes even if they don't do …

Another alternative could be what my company did for me: they gave me special permission to sell some number of my shares to one of their investors, who were always hungry for more…

Raises have of course been requested and granted. My salary isn't really what's at stake here and any raise I could ask for is dwarfed by the potential value of shares sitting on t…

> considering yourself a "potential owner" when you're not invited to the meetings where owners decide things means you are very confused about things Well gosh, I don't think ther…

I'm very curious about the middle part of this spectrum, since I'm currently in it: I'm an early employee with a significant chunk of options (high single-digit %), and the company…