> A good early employee is not a good employee in a midsized company, but stock options don't work all that well when early engineers should be leaving the company 3 years in, before exercising the options makes any sense.
Some early startup roles should vest out in 2 years instead of 4, or (what I'd do if I ever worked for a startup again) have a single ratchet provision where, if you decide you don't need my role anymore, the role has changed dramatically, etc, the remainder of my options vest immediately.
Some early startup roles should vest out in 2 years instead of 4, or (what I'd do if I ever worked for a startup again) have a single ratchet provision where, if you decide you don't need my role anymore, the role has changed dramatically, etc, the remainder of my options vest immediately.
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