+1 to your landing page design. Very fun and engaging.
Some feedback:
- Onboarding is too long: incentivizes fake sign-ups just to see the jobs
- None of the investors listed seem that impressive, which makes me think this is just limited supply rather than higher-quality supply
- Card design looks like Otta, made me wonder what makes this site unique?
Your site feels like a twist on https://topstartups.io/ except I prefer the open format of being able to see everything. Maybe it's instant gratification
http://angel.co/ is a common one, although some of the startups are a bit sketch, so you gotta do your research. https://topstartups.io/ filters for higher-quality startups
Yes, valuations have gone through the roof, but the equity grants have not kept pace. This is a huge disservice to candidates. Got especially bad in 2021. Really important for people to research startup pay before signing: https://topstartups.io/startup-salary-equity-database/
To the OP: if you believe your comp bands are competitive, why not share in the posting itself?
The growing demand for currency not controlled by the government is undeniable. Only a matter of time. But this time, hopefully less irrational exuberance for alt-coins that serve no purpose besides speculation
dumpster fire sounds right. their support team is also basically non-existent, so if you ever have questions about your account, expect multiple days of waiting
Diligence on the startup so you know what you're getting into. Also prevents early employee churn because people feel duped once they look under the hood.
The greatest frustration is usually around: 1. feeling like your equity cut is not enough once you know what other people are paid; 2. not knowing how much you pay in exercise cost / taxes / exercise window until it's too late
TBH, I've stopped believing that a job will give me meaning. I have to give meaning to the right job.
Learned that this is easier when:
- company is small enough for me to be in direct contact with customers vs. seeing quotes from user research
- time is spent mostly to help customers vs. show how smart we are to leadership
- everyone can challenge each other to improve vs. stay stagnant
- we have enough funding / cashflow to be able to look forward vs. worry about surviving today
I'm usually skeptical of corporate BS, but I imagine they did have a strong relationship. 14-year stints are very rare, esp. for people that have plenty of options knocking on the door
Think OP meant $70M not $70B if they just raised $17M in funding.
To calculate your gross $ value today, you need to know your # of shares (10K) divided by total fully diluted outstanding shares (607,500,000) multiplied by the valuation (probably $70M).
Strike price is your cost to exercise the options, which should be deducted from your gross value. You will likely also incur taxes unless you exercise right away via 83B election
Why I joined: Was tired of big tech and wanted to learn faster. Founders were smart. Ran a surprisingly tight interview process.
Advice: if I were to reverse-engineer this, I would follow Seed-Series A investments from Tier 1 firms. These are the highest-signal companies.