[Lunar_Lamp]

Just to be clear, though I'm sure it won't shock anyone, the article is very US specific and therefore it's entirely likely that parts of the advice will not carry over into other tax jurisdictions. I only comment this as I had assumed it was a more general article than dealing with the tax specific aspects of options.

[aveshcsingh]

That's true. The only part of this post that applies generally is the discussion of golden handcuffs; the rest is specific to US tax law.

[markcerqueira]

Exercise is in the post title and article title. Exercising = taxable event in most places I'm guessing.