[pxx]

It sounds like you shouldn't join a startup then. The very concept here is that you're taking some of this risk.

[drjasonharrison]

There is risk of not working for another twelve years, of being laid off, or the C-level getting paid out and no one else.

But a startup that raises a billion dollars and fails to set a cut-off that gets everyone out the door with their last paycheques is one that people will jump out of earlier.