[swagtricker]

Be prepared to get a bullet any moment. When it comes to company sales, no technical person is untouchable. Even if you "know" things couldn't be done w/o you, they don't. That equity that is 'nearly fully vested' would do much better in the pockets of founders who are fully vested and don't need to share another crumb with a fungible resource. I'm not exaggerating, and not joking. Anecdotal, yes: but layoffs to keep equity out of underlings hands do happen.