[YZF]

Try convincing a tech person that the shares they get as compensation from their employer are equal to getting money and buying those shares at the time they get them. I also think tech workers tend to over-estimate what "average person" really is because they mostly know "above average people".

[sgerenser]

Yes, this is another example of irrational money behavior that is common in the tech world. According to a poll on our company slack, only about 50% of the employees plan to sell any of their RSUs and maybe 15% sell all.