[quote=svelte][quote=Coronita]The red herring for me has always been the stock option/stock grant….WRTO stock options/stock, I was always at the right place.. Just at the wrong time…[/quote]
That appears to be where you and I parted philosophies.
I wanted to be paid in full with a paycheck as I did the work. If they said I would get stock options as a part of my compensation, I said no thanks unless my pay was going to be market value.
I wanted a sure thing, not a lottery ticket. I guess that guaranteed that I wasn’t going to get filthy rich, but it also guaranteed I wasn’t going to provide my skills for less than they were worth.[/quote]
i should clarify. i never attempted to follow the stock option lottery. I always tried to follow the opportunity that gave me the ability to work on something new or cutting edge or lead a bigger team or both.
i think though if i swallowed my pride and put up with more shit along the way, things might have turned out financially better for me. its a tradeoff. sometimes one has to put up with shit in order to reap a reward. and sometimes having no alternative options (ie the case of several h1bs who were stuck at qualcomm while i left) wasnt bad at all.
