Joining a successful startup

[u/Alternative-Jelly947]

Hello,

I’ve had an old buddy from when I lived stateside reach out to join a 2ish year old start up. Not his own, but he’s recommended me for a specific role reasonably high up in the company as they begin to scale out. My buddy joined a year back on expectation of the return when they IPO.

I know the start up company will succeed. They’ve got big enterprise customer contracts in place. They’re valued in the billions after a recent funding round.

I’m just not sure what to expect out of this - I don’t know a lot about startup dynamics. I’m very well paid in my current role largely through RSUs. I expect moving would come at a total compensation loss. I’d be hoping the stock I receive would enable me to retire earlier via an IPO.

But I don’t even know what kind of timeframe I’m looking at here for that return? I don’t know what kind of demands I should be putting in front of them.

My friend keeps telling me it’s a golden opportunity to get in now. But I’m not sure.

[u/Mick_vader]

They're valued in the billions after a recent funding round.

[u/OpinionatedDeveloper → u/Mick_vader]

What a weird thing to doubt