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		bombolo on July 9, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Don't Take VC Funding – It Will Destroy Your Compa... If you work at a startup and you expect the stocks to be worth anything in 10 years you're an idiot.

DeathArrow on July 10, 2023 [–]

You mean FAANGS hired a lot of idiots when they started?

bombolo on July 10, 2023 | [–]

For 1 FAANGS there are millions of failed ones, and you don't know what'll be.

So if the salary isn't decent, better to refuse the job rather than hope the stocks will eventually compensate you for the missed salary.

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