[deanmoriarty]

I knew I shouldn’t have mentioned it, HN is always quick to remind me that a tangential point, if casually mentioned as a way to give more context to a conversation, is going to be the focus of any further reply, rather than addressing the core. Truly my bad here, you did what you are supposed to do.

Good luck hiring engineers at a tech startup with no equity, that’s all I’ll say.

[mattmanser]

I think it's entirely cultural, maybe in the US in SV?

Everywhere else, you're a bit silly giving equity away for free.