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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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jtuulos / keybase.md
Created August 19, 2014 20:33
Keybase proof

Keybase proof

I hereby claim:

  • I am jtuulos on github.
  • I am jtuulos (https://keybase.io/jtuulos) on keybase.
  • I have a public key whose fingerprint is D136 FC5A 414D 86A9 9909 B73A C3B1 9F99 DA6F B353

To claim this, I am signing this object:

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jtuulos / README.md
Last active December 26, 2015 04:09
backbone.d3 v0.0.1
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jtuulos / bd-gbadge-visitors-export.py
Last active December 17, 2015 01:30
Customized version of https://github.com/bitdeli/bd-ghbadge-visitors to enable exporting daily uniques data
from bitdeli.widgets import set_theme, Description, Title
from bitdeli.chain import Profiles
from collections import Counter, defaultdict
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from urlparse import urlparse
import GeoIP
set_theme('eighties')
TIMELINE_DAYS = 30
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jtuulos / bitdeli-bulk-load.py
Last active December 15, 2015 19:59 — forked from tuulos/bitdeli-bulk-load.py
fix API endpoint url, add comments on usage
"""Bulk send events to Bitdeli using the JavaScript API endpoint"""
import json
import sys
import urllib
BITDELI_API = 'https://track.bitdeli.com/events'
MAX_BUFFER_SIZE = 8 * 1024 * 1024
// Tokenahead.less
// ---------------
.tokenahead {
cursor: text;
overflow: hidden;
height: auto;
padding-bottom: 0;
border-color: @inputBorder;
}

Project

Description: What does this project do and who does it serve?

Project Setup

How do I, as a developer, start working on the project?

  1. What dependencies does it have (where are they expressed) and how do I install them?
  2. How can I see the project working before I change anything?
import tornado.ioloop
import tornado.web
import tornado.escape
import tornado.options
import tornado.httputil
import jinja2
import pyjade.compiler
import coffeescript
import markdown
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jtuulos / gist:2915657
Created June 12, 2012 06:44
Sublime Text 2 - Useful Shortcuts

Sublime Text 2 – Useful Shortcuts (PC)

Loosely ordered with the commands I use most towards the top. Sublime also offer full documentation.

Editing

Ctrl+C copy current line (if no selection)
Ctrl+X cut current line (if no selection)
Ctrl+⇧+K delete line
Ctrl+↩ insert line after
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jtuulos / README.md
Created March 8, 2012 00:34
Bitdeli visualization example: Timeline of last 24h of Earthquakes in the US

Bitdeli visualization example: Timeline of last 24h of Earthquakes in the US

This example shows how to use real-time data from the Bitdeli API to build a simple timeline. See the Bitdeli script page for more details about the source data.

See live demo at http://bl.ocks.org/1997582.

Questions? Comments? Feel free to contact us.