[Ancalagon]

what is the proportion of YC startups that have had successful exits where the _employees_ received millions from their equity grants?

[TheCaptain4815]

Now that you mention it, what % of YC Startups even "succeed"? Would be fascinating to know. They're public about the companies that get accepted and you could have a few different criteria about what constitutes as success (getting funding? Existing 5 years later? etc)

[paulddraper]

I would expect that the first engineering employee of any of YC's "Top Companies" would have equity >$1M at time of exit.

There are currently ~350 Top Companies out of ~4000 all-time investments https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/yc-top-companies-feb-2023

So conservatively, 9%.

[pydry]

Not enough to justify an $80k salary.

[red-iron-pine]

Not in SV, for sure. If you're in KY it's pretty good. Can get a decent house for $190k, and as much land as you want. Gotta live in Kentucky tho.