These days, I haven't seen a good reason to take stock options at all.<p>Startups rarely succeed.
Stock options are an excuse to pay you less.
Startups rarely IPO.
You only really make money in an IPO.
Get paid what you're worth and damn the funny money.<p>I agree with the sentiment though, this attitude from CEOs and billionaire VCs is disgusting.
I think it's starting to become companies' best interest to smarten up and offer a 10-year vesting schedule.<p>Employees are wisening up to the unfair and unfavourable conditions surrounding employee equity, thanks to blog posts like this. Companies offer equity to entice new employees, but if new employees see a 90-day exercise window as unfair, they'll start to ignore it. So either offer equity with a 10-year window, or don't bother offering equity, offer a better salary.