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by fpgeek 3447 days ago
> Assuming that the equity packages of both companies is $0 throws away useful information.

Well, no one said that all the $0 equity is valued at the same zero. There's nothing wrong with comparing those zeroes, but that's not the mistake most people make. Too many people use one of those zeroes to offset something that is nonzero (cash compensation differences, public company equity, quality of working environment and so on). Encouraging people to "value it at $0" is about making sure that they don't make that mistake.