Well, if you're at a startup which hasn't gone public yet, then really it depends on what the strike price is, what the fair market value is, what your confidence in the startup is, what funding rounds are expected, what your tax situation is, etc. I think the relationship between these variable is more important than just recession vs not-recession. Also, if they're cheap and you believe in the startup, just buy them.
> Fairly sure maybe half of MANGA knows what leetcode even is. I for one don't know what it is.
https://leetcode.com/ is a website famous for listing a repository of programming exercises that you can solve by implementing an algorithm categorized as Easy, Medium, or Hard depending on its complexity. Many technology companies, including, but not limited to, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google, (aka. FAANG) use the same type of problems during technical interviews to evaluate candidates’ problem solving skills.
Then why are you asking what leetcode is? I’m literally telling you that the process google, meta, and Amazon (never worked at apple or nflx so can’t speak to them) follow is programming challenges that require some algorithms and data structures knowledge.
This is known in the industry as leetcode because the leetcode website is entirely dedicated to practicing said problems and has entire categories dedicated to the leaked algorithms questions from these big companies.