Comments by "Jim my" (@chowsquid) on "Are Stock Options Worth It?" video.

  1.  @magix2u  or you could take the higher paying company, then take a portion of the salary difference and buy the stock of the other company. Win, win. Your salary will rise higher with the higher starting salary and you are risking a little bit on that other company if it ever spike up. Even if it didn’t, you would have had more money anyway.
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  2. Need to compare it to something. Do you have other offers? Or know of other offers for similar positions at a different but local company?
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  3. The company essentially “bought” some options for you.
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  4. Probably has less voting rights or no voting power. If you’re not going to vote anyway, doesn’t matter.
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  5. Indeed
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