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by VirusNewbie 965 days ago
According to levels.FYI, Google average for senior engineer is closer to 360k. But your point still stands.

You are getting equity either way, both are likely to appreciate, but one is likely to be more liquid. So you're trading liquidity for a higher return.

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> both are likely to appreciate

More than half of all startups fail within the first 10 years. They’re not just less liquid, they never experience a liquidity event at all. That equity is effectively $0.

The odds of any given big company going bust are dramatically lower than that. Their equity might depreciate but it’ll at least be worth something.

Oh I was more thinking late stage companies, but you are correct.