> exercising options up to 10 years are not uncommon
10 year expiration is the standard, yes, but only if you stay with the company. Most still kill your options 90 days after you quit or are laid off or fired. There's been a small but noticeable trend of companies not pulling this garbage, including the article author.
> I think the OP should work on his company for more than 4 months and have more than 10 employees
Yeah, I thought it was funny that the author seemed to be speaking so authoritatively after so little experience as a founder. I've never been a founder myself, but I would put much more weight behind the words of founders who have been doing it for years and decades.
10 year expiration is the standard, yes, but only if you stay with the company. Most still kill your options 90 days after you quit or are laid off or fired. There's been a small but noticeable trend of companies not pulling this garbage, including the article author.
> I think the OP should work on his company for more than 4 months and have more than 10 employees
Yeah, I thought it was funny that the author seemed to be speaking so authoritatively after so little experience as a founder. I've never been a founder myself, but I would put much more weight behind the words of founders who have been doing it for years and decades.