Lot of focus on early option vesting here. But options have a strike price, and even vested options are worthless if they're out of the money. If you want a share in the company (and the subsequent sale of the company) then you need to own a piece - i.e. you need equity. So either buy into equity as an investor, or earn-in by receiving shares as remuneration. Equity by itself is risky, options (as remuneration) are speculative devices.
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Lot of focus on early option vesting here. But options have a strike price, and even vested options are worthless if they're out of the money. If you want a share in the company (and the subsequent sale of the company) then you need to own a piece - i.e. you need equity. So either buy into equity as an investor, or earn-in by receiving shares as remuneration. Equity by itself is risky, options (as remuneration) are speculative devices.