Startup promotions come fast because the person above you quit and the inflated title follows you

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At a 30-person startup the job title means little because you own whatever nobody else picked up Most startup managers are first-time managers with no training and feedback quietly stops Startup option basics: strike price vs vesting cliff vs the 90-day window to exercise after you quit ISO and NSO options are taxed differently and that difference decides whether the equity is worth anything Remote-first startup jobs pay less than the Bay Area posting suggests once the equity is priced at zero When the startup shuts down payroll priority decides who gets paid and unvested shares get nothing A lower 409A valuation resets your strike price and early employees feel it most Which jobs genuinely survive being done from another time zone The all-hands where runway is finally shared is usually the one where honesty arrives too late Employer-paid training that comes with a contract you must repay

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