Eh, I can see that going both ways.
As far as fluidity is concerned, stocks in a small, private company may as well be worth $0 since you can't pay rent or buy groceries with them.
Nice gesture on your part though: still didn't deserve mockery. Hopefully it was just their fear talking. :)
well, a few months ago i actually ran into one of the ex-employees, in fact i believe he was one of the main ones who mocked me. he's now working for some small tech company as a web developer. we had a quick 10 minute chat about how life was, but in a moment of pettiness, i took the last minute as an opportunity to kind of mock him back. the conversation was kind of winding down, and i said "hey by the way, no hard feelings about that whole saga back in the day. honestly, i actually understand your position now so it's all good. not going to lie, if all of you had not rejected the offer, i would be a few million dollars short when the acquisition happened!"
i walked away with a smile, and that dude kind of just shrugged and walked away.
