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mmmm yeah I’m just rolling in all these choices and offers

why oh why did I take that job where the hiring manager told me with a straight face my fraction of a fraction of a percent was “high” and couldnt tell me details about the common stock and preferred stock

why didnt I take that other job where that other red-but-most-likely-benign flag popped up when the interviewer asked an awkward question

why didnt I take the 83(b) election and cough up all the money for my shares right when I started

what is up with employees like me, can someone explain?



Sometimes it takes going through it to learn it. Experience.

Don’t beat yourself up. Few if any make all the right choices. Just try to always avoid the worst choices (which it sounds like you’ve done so far).

And remember: one persons 83b triumph is another’s capital loss they get to carry forward for a while.


or like it wasn’t a mistake at all and calculated risk, and not on the share upside.




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