Holy shit I hope most of you aren’t accepting equity as comp. The level of understanding in this thread is asymptotically zero.

At the very least read the internet. You can start here if you like: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/Ep-all-about-startup-equ...

This is mostly because you have been at it so long. If you start fresh with TS + modern tooling the vast majority of the gotchas no longer exist.

I’m in the same boat. My grey beard is frequently showing.