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glad to see you have a positive attitude about it! just curious - did the company just not end up being worth much, too much dilution, or was your original options sheet was misleading?

my second startup i've worked at just got acquired and my options are about enough to buy a new iphone :)

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I'm not entirely sure on the details. Some similar companies were getting bought for hundreds of millions, ours was only an 8 figure deal, not 9 figures haha.

we went through multiple rounds of funding so shares got diluted...However we fucking made it , which is nuts.

This is a great example of the maths though.

Intuitively, I would imagine being #2 in a company that ends up being worth 8 digits would at least be a solid start towards real wealth, far above the $60k range.

curious what your equity was?

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