yossorion

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

kcd83

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

if ARGV.length < 2
  puts "usage: #{$0} databag.json new_encrypted_databag.json [encrypted_data_bag_secret]"
  exit(1)
end

databag_file = ARGV[0]
out_file = ARGV[1]
if ARGV.length >= 3

tristanbes

# Installing graphite dependencies
apt-get install -y python2.6 python-pip python-cairo python-django python-django-tagging
apt-get install -y libapache2-mod-wsgi python-twisted python-memcache python-pysqlite2 python-simplejson 
pip install whisper
pip install carbon
pip install graphite-web

# Setup a vhost by grabbing the example the graphite team released on their repo.
# In this file, you'll provide the url used to access to your Graphite dashboard
wget https://raw.github.com/tmm1/graphite/master/examples/example-graphite-vhost.conf -O /etc/apache2/sites-available/graphite

wheresalice

# A naive dns server with a Redis backend
# Set keys in Redis you want to be authoritative for (set google.com. 127.0.0.1)
# Tip: Use Redis's ttl functions to have temporary names
# Currently only does A records, feel free to fix that
# 
# Licensed under the PSF License
# Thanks to: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/491264-mini-fake-dns-server/
# Author: @Kaerast <alice@kaerast.info>

import socket

kylefritz

from time import strftime,gmtime,time
import urllib2
import hmac
import hashlib
import base64
import string

def publishAmazonSnsMsg(Subject,TopicArn,Message,AWSAccessKeyId,privatekey):
  #http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/2008-01-01/SQSDeveloperGuide/
  amzsnshost = 'sns.us-east-1.amazonaws.com'