2026-01-11 14:24:33

Here's what bugs me about early-stage startups: they're paying fresh grads under six figures to work brutal hours—basically grinding through the week for a shot at equity that's barely worth anything. The dream is grandiose, but the actual involvement? Microscopic. It's a broken deal where ambition gets exploited.

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SchrodingersPaper

· 01-11 21:16

Oh my god, this is exactly my current situation. Equity hyping up big promises is the same as nothing, bleeding money.

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SchrodingerAirdrop

· 01-11 14:54

This equity is basically a sham; to put it plainly, it's just a pie in the sky. When it comes to cashing out, even the yellow flowers will have withered.

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SchrödingersNode

· 01-11 14:54

Oh my, this is reality. The tricks of promising equity are really all the same.

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DataPickledFish

· 01-11 14:53

Bro, I know this issue too well. How many people around me have been deceived by this kind of rhetoric, and in the end, the equity is worth nothing—it's really crazy.

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SlowLearnerWang

· 01-11 14:53

Wait, I just realized... Is early entrepreneurship like this? The dream on paper of equity is actually just a PUA tool, am I right?

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DaoDeveloper

· 01-11 14:51

ngl the equity tokenomics here are completely miscalibrated—it's literally a vesting schedule scam wrapped in founders' rhetoric. fresh grads have zero leverage to negotiate the actual implementation details of their options... which is exactly why it works so well for the house

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