[dgreensp]

To clarify, I meant $200k including the current value of the stock options that vest in a year.

I'm also writing with engineers in mind rather than executives, and based on Bay Area salaries.

[michaelochurch]

I don't think that's a meaningful number. As I said, investors have plenty of reasons to value the equity at a higher level than an employee.

If you "cliff out" an investor, you go to jail. If you do that to an employee, that's fair game.

[nilkn]

For the typical engineer at the typical startup, that sounds way too high to me in terms of realized value.