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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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%w(rubygems sequel fileutils yaml active_support/inflector).each{|g| require g}

require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "downmark_it")

module WordPress
  def self.import(database, user, password, table_prefix = "wp", host = 'localhost')
    db = Sequel.mysql(database, :user => user, :password => password, :host => host, :encoding => 'utf8')

    %w(_posts _drafts images/posts/featured).each{|folder| FileUtils.mkdir_p folder}