I made over 6 figures from a post-IPO, listed company.
So, 7 figures?
Probably still six figures. A lot of people have "$100k" in their heads when they say six figures. So when they say "over six figures" they often mean $200k-900k, not literally seven figures.
I think the meta-meta question here is regarding the value of stock options vs immediate compensation (salary + benefits). So many CEOs treat options like they will definitely be of large worth to a person- but for the average employee they'll never see anything from them.
Yup. It's also really kinda entertaining how offended founders get when you ask for more money instead when you're employee #53 and they offer a number of options but refuse to disclose what % of the pool that is.
In a small company, if I can't see the cap table- then I don't want to talk about shares. No investor would touch a deal if they didn't have access to it, and I'm investing my time.