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What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining A Unicorn

Disclaimer: This piece is written anonymously. The names of a few particular companies are mentioned, but as common examples only.

This is a short write-up on things that I wish I'd known and considered before joining a private company (aka startup, aka unicorn in some cases). I'm not trying to make the case that you should never join a private company, but the power imbalance between founder and employee is extreme, and that potential candidates would

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// Use Gists to store code you would like to remember later on
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aptitude install -y git curl python-dev python-pip redis-server ruby1.9.1-full rubygems1.9.1
ln -s /usr/bin/ruby /usr/local/bin/ruby
ln -s /usr/bin/gem1.9.1 /usr/local/bin/gem
rm /usr/bin/ruby /usr/bin/gem
aptitude install -y mysql-server libmysqlclient-dev
adduser --system --shell /bin/sh --gecos 'git version control' --group --disabled-password --home /home/git git
adduser --disabled-login --gecos 'gitlab system' gitlab
usermod -a -G git gitlab
su - gitlab 
  ssh-keygen -q -N '' -t rsa -f /home/gitlab/.ssh/id_rsa

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.DS_Store
Gemfile.lock
*.pem
node.json
tmp/*
!tmp/.gitignore

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 * This is just a quick hack to get the data directory for a user
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// load engine - this assumes the script has been put in the root directory of Elgg
require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . "/engine/start.php");

global $CONFIG;

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 *                       parent: the $id of the item's parent