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I joined an early stage startup a few years ago, which grew and I got to an executive role. I still have quite some time to fully vest but...I recently got an offer to jump to a similar position in another startup - that is 3x bigger, with a much bigger TAM, and a really exciting product vision. I'm sold on the opportunity, but they are avoiding the options talk and I wonder it it's not a 'shiny new object syndrome' - I got a bit bored where I am now, but I will be pivoting and learning completely new skills in a few moths. In the new role, I'd need to run the same playbook as before, hire a new team, and build the processes from scratch. Having a hard time deciding if I should go after the big unknown (I think it will be unicorn in a few years) or play it safer(-ish...you never know...dunno if I can cash out in the end.)
I joined an early stage startup a few years ago, which grew and I got to an executive role. I still have quite some time to fully vest but...I recently got an offer to jump to a similar position in another startup - that is 3x bigger, with a much bigger TAM, and a really exciting product vision. I'm sold on the opportunity, but they are avoiding the options talk and I wonder it it's not a 'shiny new object syndrome' - I got a bit bored where I am now, but I will be pivoting and learning completely new skills in a few moths. In the new role, I'd need to run the same playbook as before, hire a new team, and build the processes from scratch. Having a hard time deciding if I should go after the big unknown (I think it will be unicorn in a few years) or play it safer(-ish...you never know...dunno if I can cash out in the end.)
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